BloombergLP::balm::ConfigurationUtil::setPreferredPublicationType

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.