[#BloombergLP-balm-MetricId-isValid] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/balm.adoc[balm]::xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricId.adoc[MetricId]::isValid :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return `true` if this metric id object contains the address of a valid `MetricDescription` object, and false `otherwise`. Note that this method is logically equivalent to `0 != description()`. == Synopsis Declared in `<balm_metricid.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- bool isValid() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#