# Add metrics and charts to your status page

Source: https://instatus.com/help/status-page/metrics

Include metrics about your service performance or any other graph data you want to communicate through your status page.

## Add a metric

Login to Instatus from [instatus.com/login](https://dashboard.instatus.com/login) then choose your status page.

Go to **Status page → Metrics** and click **Add Metric**.

A new form will appear where you can:

- Enter a name for the metric.
- Enter a suffix, which is the unit of the metric (like `ms` or `%`).
- Choose whether to display the metric on your status page or not.

![Add metric form](https://instatus.com/help/metrics-images/1.png)

Added metrics can be updated by clicking **Edit** on the metric and saving the updates.

[Find out how to add your metric's data here](https://instatus.com/help/api/metrics)

Congrats! You've added a metric 🥳

### Import metrics through:

- [Datadog Metrics](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/metrics/datadog): Import Datadog metrics to your status page
- [Pingdom Metrics](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/metrics/pingdom): Import Pingdom metrics to your status page
- [New Relic Metrics](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/metrics/new-relic): Import New Relic metrics to your status page
- [Prometheus Metrics](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/metrics/prometheus): Import Prometheus metrics to your status page

- [Notify your subscribers](https://instatus.com/help/status-page/notifications): Learn how to notify subscribers about status updates.