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# export_query_metrics

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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.export_query_metrics"> <span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">export\_query\_metrics</span></span><span className="sig-paren">(</span><span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">options</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">{"{"}{"}"}</span></span></span><span className="sig-paren">)</span><a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-python/blob/master/gpudb/gpudb.py#L28286"><span className="viewcode-link"><span className="pre">\[source]</span></span></a></div>

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      <p>Export query metrics to a given destination. Returns query metrics.</p>
      <p><strong>Parameters</strong></p>

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              <p>Optional parameters. Allowed keys are:</p>

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                  <p><strong>expression</strong> – Filter for multi query export.</p>
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                  <p><strong>filepath</strong> – Path to export target specified as a filename or existing directory.</p>
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                  <p><strong>format</strong> – Specifies which format to export the metrics. Allowed values are:</p>

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                      <p><strong>json</strong> – Generic JSON output.</p>
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                      <p><strong>json\_trace\_event</strong> – Chromium/Perfetto trace event format.</p>
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                  <p>The default value is ‘json’.</p>
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                  <p><strong>job\_id</strong> – Export query metrics for the currently running job.</p>
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                  <p><strong>limit</strong> – Record limit per file for multi query export.</p>
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              <p>The default value is an empty dict ( {"{"}{"}"} ).</p>
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      <p><strong>Returns</strong></p>

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              <p>Additional information. Allowed keys are:</p>

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                  <p><strong>exported\_files</strong> – Comma separated list of filenames exported if applicable.</p>
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                  <p><strong>output</strong> – Exported metrics if no other destination specified.</p>
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              <p>The default value is an empty dict ( {"{"}{"}"} ).</p>
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