The kind of measurement. It describes how the data is reported.
For information on setting the start time and end time based on
the MetricKind, see [TimeInterval][google.monitoring.v3.TimeInterval].
A value accumulated over a time interval. Cumulative
measurements in a time series should have the same start time
and increasing end times, until an event resets the cumulative
value to zero and sets a new start time for the following
points.
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