This read-only PmConfigurationMode object reports the configuration mode of a PM instance, per its description, presumably distinguishing between different ways the instance's collection parameters were established, such as statically configured versus some templated or automatic mode. This gives an engineer visibility into how a given instance's settings came to be, which matters when auditing why certain PM instances have different behavior despite looking similarly configured on the surface. An engineer comparing two seemingly identical PM instances that behave differently would check this configuration mode to see if they were actually established through different provisioning paths.