diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaCountMetric.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaCountMetric.java
index ea3c833b0..8b6af3594 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaCountMetric.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaCountMetric.java
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 package io.ebean.meta;
 
 /**
- * Count metrics.
+ * Count metrics. For example L2 cache hits.
  */
-public interface MetaCountMetric {
-
-  /**
-   * Return the metric type.
-   */
-  MetricType getMetricType();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the metric name.
-   */
-  String getName();
+public interface MetaCountMetric extends MetaMetric {
 
   /**
    * Return the total count.
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaMetric.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaMetric.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6ab21c59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaMetric.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package io.ebean.meta;
+
+/**
+ * Metrics collected by Ebean including timed metrics and counters.
+ */
+public interface MetaMetric {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the metric type.
+   */
+  MetricType getMetricType();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the metric name.
+   */
+  String getName();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaQueryMetric.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaQueryMetric.java
index 6816128db..c59142dc6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaQueryMetric.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaQueryMetric.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package io.ebean.meta;
 
-import io.ebean.ProfileLocation;
-
 /**
  * Query execution metrics.
  */
@@ -17,11 +15,6 @@ public interface MetaQueryMetric extends MetaTimedMetric {
    */
   String getLabel();
 
-  /**
-   * Return the profile location.
-   */
-  ProfileLocation getProfileLocation();
-
   /**
    * The actual SQL of the query.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaTimedMetric.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaTimedMetric.java
index 53f67109d..eebdb69d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaTimedMetric.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/meta/MetaTimedMetric.java
@@ -4,17 +4,7 @@ package io.ebean.meta;
 /**
  * Timed execution statistics.
  */
-public interface MetaTimedMetric {
-
-  /**
-   * Return the metric type.
-   */
-  MetricType getMetricType();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the metric name.
-   */
-  String getName();
+public interface MetaTimedMetric extends MetaMetric {
 
   /**
    * Return the metric location if defined.
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetrics.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetrics.java
index 54bdf8956..b035e20f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetrics.java
@@ -153,18 +153,16 @@ class DumpMetrics {
   }
 
   private void appendProfileAndSql(MetaQueryMetric metric, StringBuilder sb) {
-    ProfileLocation profileLocation = metric.getProfileLocation();
-    if (dumpLoc && profileLocation != null) {
-      sb.append("\n  loc:").append(profileLocation.shortDescription());
+    String location = metric.getLocation();
+    if (dumpLoc && location != null) {
+      sb.append("\n  loc:").append(location);
     }
-
     if (dumpSql) {
       sb.append(" \n\n  sql:").append(metric.getSql()).append("\n\n");
     }
   }
 
   private void log(MetaTimedMetric metric) {
-
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append(padNameTimed(metric.getName())).append(" ");
     appendCounters(metric, sb);
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetricsJson.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetricsJson.java
index 11c01149a..90bad3c95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetricsJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetricsJson.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.server.core;
 
 import io.ebean.Database;
-import io.ebean.ProfileLocation;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetaCountMetric;
+import io.ebean.meta.MetaMetric;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetaOrmQueryMetric;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetaQueryMetric;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetaTimedMetric;
@@ -20,36 +20,35 @@ class DumpMetricsJson implements ServerMetricsAsJson {
 
   private final StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
 
-  private boolean dumpHash = true;
-  private boolean dumpSql = true;
-  private boolean dumpLoc = true;
+  private boolean withHash = true;
+  private boolean withSql = true;
+  private boolean withLocation = true;
+  private String newLine = "\n";
 
   private Comparator<MetaTimedMetric> sortBy = SortMetric.NAME;
 
   private int listCounter;
   private int objKeyCounter;
 
-  private String newLine = "\n";
-
   DumpMetricsJson(Database database) {
     this.database = database;
   }
 
   @Override
   public ServerMetricsAsJson withLocation(boolean withLocation) {
-    this.dumpLoc = withLocation;
+    this.withLocation = withLocation;
     return this;
   }
 
   @Override
   public ServerMetricsAsJson withSql(boolean withSql) {
-    this.dumpSql = withSql;
+    this.withSql = withSql;
     return this;
   }
 
   @Override
   public ServerMetricsAsJson withHash(boolean withHash) {
-    this.dumpHash = withHash;
+    this.withHash = withHash;
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ class DumpMetricsJson implements ServerMetricsAsJson {
     return writer.toString();
   }
 
-
   private void collect(ServerMetrics serverMetrics) {
 
     start();
@@ -158,67 +156,72 @@ class DumpMetricsJson implements ServerMetricsAsJson {
     writer.append("\"").append(val).append("\"");
   }
 
-  private void log(MetaTimedMetric metric) {
-
-    metricStart();
-    key("name");
-    val(metric.getName());
-    appendCounters(metric);
-    objEnd();
-  }
-
-  private void metricStart() {
+  private void metricStart(MetaMetric metric) {
     if (listCounter++ > 0) {
       writer.append(",").append(newLine);
     }
     objStart();
+    key("name");
+    val(metric.getName());
+    key("type");
+    val(metric.getMetricType().name());
+  }
+
+  private void metricEnd() {
+    objEnd();
+  }
+
+  private void log(MetaTimedMetric metric) {
+    metricStart(metric);
+    appendCounters(metric);
+    if (withLocation) {
+      appendLocation(metric.getLocation());
+    }
+    metricEnd();
   }
 
   private void logCount(MetaCountMetric metric) {
-    metricStart();
-    key("name");
-    val(metric.getName());
+    metricStart(metric);
     key("count");
     val(metric.getCount());
-    objEnd();
+    metricEnd();
   }
 
   private void logQuery(MetaOrmQueryMetric metric) {
-
-    metricStart();
-    key("name");
-    val(metric.getName());
+    metricStart(metric);
     appendCounters(metric);
-    if (dumpHash) {
+    if (withHash) {
       key("hash");
       val(metric.getSqlHash());
     }
-    appendProfileAndSql(metric);
-    objEnd();
+    appendLocationAndSql(metric);
+    metricEnd();
   }
 
   private void logDtoQuery(MetaQueryMetric metric) {
-
-    metricStart();
-    key("name");
-    val(metric.getName());
+    metricStart(metric);
     appendCounters(metric);
-    appendProfileAndSql(metric);
-    objEnd();
+    appendLocationAndSql(metric);
+    metricEnd();
   }
 
-  private void appendProfileAndSql(MetaQueryMetric metric) {
-    ProfileLocation profileLocation = metric.getProfileLocation();
-    if (dumpLoc && profileLocation != null) {
-      key("loc");
-      val(profileLocation.shortDescription());
+  private void appendLocationAndSql(MetaQueryMetric metric) {
+    if (withLocation) {
+      appendLocation(metric.getLocation());
     }
-    if (dumpSql) {
+    if (withSql) {
       key("sql");
       val(metric.getSql());
     }
   }
 
+  private void appendLocation(String location) {
+    if (location != null) {
+      key("loc");
+      val(location);
+    }
+  }
+
   private void appendCounters(MetaTimedMetric timedMetric) {
     key("count");
     val(timedMetric.getCount());
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/profile/DQueryPlanMetric.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/profile/DQueryPlanMetric.java
index e5dbde4b6..0adbd10cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/profile/DQueryPlanMetric.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/profile/DQueryPlanMetric.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.server.profile;
 
-import io.ebean.ProfileLocation;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetaQueryMetric;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetricType;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetricVisitor;
@@ -61,11 +60,6 @@ class DQueryPlanMetric implements QueryPlanMetric {
       return meta.getLabel();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ProfileLocation getProfileLocation() {
-      return meta.getProfileLocation();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public String getSql() {
       return meta.getSql();
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryPlanStats.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryPlanStats.java
index 54a8defbc..8bf9b06fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryPlanStats.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryPlanStats.java
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ public final class CQueryPlanStats {
       return queryPlan.getLocation();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ProfileLocation getProfileLocation() {
-      return queryPlan.getProfileLocation();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public long getBeanCount() {
       return metrics.getBeanCount();
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebean/DtoQueryFromOrmTest.java b/src/test/java/io/ebean/DtoQueryFromOrmTest.java
index 7b26a3181..6054aa13b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/ebean/DtoQueryFromOrmTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebean/DtoQueryFromOrmTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class DtoQueryFromOrmTest extends BaseTestCase {
     for (MetaQueryMetric stat : stats) {
       long meanMicros = stat.getMean();
       assertThat(meanMicros).isLessThan(900_000);
-      assertThat(stat.getProfileLocation()).isSameAs(loc0);
+      assertThat(stat.getLocation()).isSameAs(loc0.shortDescription());
     }
 
     assertThat(stats).hasSize(1);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
index 7ab664a09..4aa9fcc3b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class TestCustomerFinder extends BaseTestCase {
       .json();
 
     System.out.println(metricsJson);
-    assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"name\":\"txn.main\"");
+    assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"name\":\"txn.main\", \"type\":\"TXN\"");
     assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"name\":\"Customer.findList\"");
     assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"loc\":\"CustomerFinder.byNameStatus(CustomerFinder.java:44)\"");
     assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"hash\":\"4d648ce0542aedfb042ad68746342730\"");