[#BloombergLP-balm-MetricId-description-0d] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/balm.adoc[balm]::xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricId.adoc[MetricId]::description :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a reference to the non‐modifiable address of the _held_ non‐modifiable `MetricDescription`, which defines the value of this metric id. == Synopsis Declared in `<balm_metricid.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricDescription.adoc[MetricDescription] const const*& description() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#