 new value of a DataDog gauge</p></td></tr><tr id=Params-MetricInfo-Type-DISTRIBUTION><td><code>DISTRIBUTION</code></td><td><p>DISTRIBUTION is converted to a Timing Histogram for metrics with a time unit and a Histogram for all other units</p></td></tr></tbody></table></section></article><nav class=pagenav><div class=left><a title="Adapter for cloudwatch metrics." href=/v1.6/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/adapters/cloudwatch/><svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="/v1.6/img/icons.svg#left-arrow"/></