exit\_status | Number | **Required.** For services: 0=OK, 1=WARNING, 2=CRITICAL, 3=UNKNOWN, for hosts: 0=OK, 1=CRITICAL.
plugin\_output | String | **Required.** One or more lines of the plugin main output. Does **not** contain the performance data.
performance\_data | Array<code>|</code>String | **Optional.** The performance data as array of strings. The raw performance data string can be used too.
- check\_command | Array | **Optional.** The first entry should be the check commands path, then one entry for each command line option followed by an entry for each of its argument.
+ check\_command | Array<code>|</code>String | **Optional.** The first entry should be the check commands path, then one entry for each command line option followed by an entry for each of its argument. Alternativly a single string can be used.
check\_source | String | **Optional.** Usually the name of the `command_endpoint`
execution\_start | Timestamp | **Optional.** The timestamp where a script/process started its execution.
execution\_end | Timestamp | **Optional.** The timestamp where a script/process ended its execution. This timestamp is used in features to determine e.g. the metric timestamp.