public String getMetric() {
        return this.metric;
    }
<p>
Which metric Cost Explorer uses to create your forecast.
</p>
<p>
Valid values for a <code>GetUsageForecast</code> call are the following:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
USAGE_QUANTITY
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
NORMALIZED_USAGE_AMOUNT
</p>
</li>
</ul>

@return Which metric Cost Explorer uses to create your forecast.</p>
        <p>
        Valid values for a <code>GetUsageForecast</code> call are the following:
        </p>
        <ul>
        <li>
        <p>
        USAGE_QUANTITY
        </p>
        </li>
        <li>
        <p>
        NORMALIZED_USAGE_AMOUNT
        </p>
        </li>
@see Metric
aws-java-sdk-costexplorer/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/costexplorer/model/GetUsageForecastRequest.java