// averageValue is the current value of the average of the
  // metric across all relevant pods (as a quantity)
  // +optional
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.api.resource.Quantity averageValue = 5;
}

// PodsMetricSource indicates how to scale on a metric describing each pod in
// the current scale target (for example, transactions-processed-per-second).
// The values will be averaged together before being compared to the target

  // QPS from loadbalancer running outside of cluster).
  // +optional
  optional ExternalMetricStatus external = 5;
}

// MetricTarget defines the target value, average value, or average utilization of a specific metric
message MetricTarget {
  // type represents whether the metric type is Utilization, Value, or AverageValue
  optional string type = 1;

  // averageValue is the current value of the average of the
  // metric across all relevant pods (as a quantity)
  // +optional
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.api.resource.Quantity averageValue = 5;
}

// PodsMetricSource indicates how to scale on a metric describing each pod in
// the current scale target (for example, transactions-processed-per-second).
// The values will be averaged together before being compared to the target

  // QPS from loadbalancer running outside of cluster).
  // +optional
  optional ExternalMetricStatus external = 5;
}

// MetricTarget defines the target value, average value, or average utilization of a specific metric
message MetricTarget {
  // type represents whether the metric type is Utilization, Value, or AverageValue
  optional string type = 1;