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Set the preferred publication type of the metric identified by the specified `category` and `metricName` to the specified `publicationType`. Optionally specify a metrics `manager` to configure. If `manager` is 0, configure the default metrics manager; if `manager` is 0 and the default metrics manager has not been initialized, this method has no effect. Return 0 on success, or a non‐zero value if `manager` is 0 and the default metrics manager has not been initialized. The preferred publication type of a metric indicates the preferred aggregate to publish for that metric, or `PublicationType::e_UNSPECIFIED` if there is no preference. For example, specifying `e_AVG` indicates that the average value of the collected metric should be reported. If a `MetricId` does not exist for `category` and `metricName`, create one and add it to the metric registry of the indicated metrics manager. Note that there is no uniform definition for how publishers will interpret this value.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balm_configurationutil.h>`

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static
int
setPreferredPublicationType(
    char const* category,
    char const* metricName,
    xref:BloombergLP/balm/PublicationType/Value.adoc[PublicationType::Value] publicationType,
    xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricsManager.adoc[MetricsManager]* manager = 0);
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