diff --git a/apps/server/src/api/v2/metric_files/get-metric-data.ts b/apps/server/src/api/v2/metric_files/get-metric-data.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2a24cb32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/server/src/api/v2/metric_files/get-metric-data.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { type AssetPermissionCheck, checkPermission } from '@buster/access-controls';
+import type { User } from '@buster/database';
+import { getUserOrganizationId } from '@buster/database';
+import type { MetricDataResponse } from '@buster/server-shared/metrics';
+import { HTTPException } from 'hono/http-exception';
+
+/**
+ * Handler for retrieving metric data
+ *
+ * This handler:
+ * 1. Validates user has access to the organization
+ * 2. Checks user has permission to view the metric file
+ * 3. Retrieves the metric definition
+ * 4. Parses the metric content to extract SQL
+ * 5. Executes the query against the data source
+ * 6. Returns the data with metadata and pagination info
+ *
+ * @param metricId - The ID of the metric to retrieve data for
+ * @param limit - Maximum number of rows to return (default 5000, max 5000)
+ * @param user - The authenticated user
+ * @returns The metric data with metadata
+ */
+export async function getMetricDataHandler(
+  metricId: string,
+  limit: number = 5000,
+  user: User
+): Promise<MetricDataResponse> {
+  // Get user's organization
+  const userOrg = await getUserOrganizationId(user.id);
+
+  if (!userOrg) {
+    throw new HTTPException(403, {
+      message: 'You must be part of an organization to access metric data',
+    });
+  }
+
+  const { organizationId } = userOrg;
+
+  // Check if user has permission to view this metric file
+  const permissionCheck: AssetPermissionCheck = {
+    userId: user.id,
+    assetId: metricId,
+    assetType: 'metric_file',
+    requiredRole: 'can_view',
+    organizationId,
+  };
+
+  const permissionResult = await checkPermission(permissionCheck);
+
+  if (!permissionResult.hasAccess) {
+    throw new HTTPException(403, {
+      message: 'You do not have permission to view this metric',
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Ensure limit is within bounds
+  const queryLimit = Math.min(Math.max(limit, 1), 5000);
+
+  // TODO: Implement the following steps in subsequent tickets:
+  // 1. Retrieve metric definition from database
+  // 2. Parse metric content (YAML/JSON) to extract SQL query
+  // 3. Get data source connection details
+  // 4. Execute query using appropriate data source adapter
+  // 5. Process results and build metadata
+  // 6. Check if there are more records beyond the limit
+
+  // Placeholder response for now
+  return {
+    data: [],
+    data_metadata: {
+      column_count: 0,
+      column_metadata: [],
+      row_count: 0,
+    },
+    metricId,
+    has_more_records: false,
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/server/src/api/v2/metric_files/index.ts b/apps/server/src/api/v2/metric_files/index.ts
index ee350b8ad..a3a628820 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api/v2/metric_files/index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api/v2/metric_files/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,36 @@
-import { MetricDownloadParamsSchema } from '@buster/server-shared/metrics';
+import {
+  MetricDataParamsSchema,
+  MetricDataQuerySchema,
+  MetricDownloadParamsSchema,
+} from '@buster/server-shared/metrics';
 import { zValidator } from '@hono/zod-validator';
 import { Hono } from 'hono';
 import { HTTPException } from 'hono/http-exception';
 import { requireAuth } from '../../../middleware/auth';
 import '../../../types/hono.types';
 import { downloadMetricFileHandler } from './download-metric-file';
+import { getMetricDataHandler } from './get-metric-data';
 
 const app = new Hono()
   // Apply authentication middleware to all routes
   .use('*', requireAuth)
 
+  // GET /metric_files/:id/data - Get metric data with pagination
+  .get(
+    '/:id/data',
+    zValidator('param', MetricDataParamsSchema),
+    zValidator('query', MetricDataQuerySchema),
+    async (c) => {
+      const { id } = c.req.valid('param');
+      const { limit } = c.req.valid('query');
+      const user = c.get('busterUser');
+
+      const response = await getMetricDataHandler(id, limit, user);
+
+      return c.json(response);
+    }
+  )
+
   // GET /metric_files/:id/download - Download metric file data as CSV
   .get('/:id/download', zValidator('param', MetricDownloadParamsSchema), async (c) => {
     const { id } = c.req.valid('param');
diff --git a/packages/server-shared/src/metrics/requests.types.ts b/packages/server-shared/src/metrics/requests.types.ts
index e5197fbb3..f382e43b0 100644
--- a/packages/server-shared/src/metrics/requests.types.ts
+++ b/packages/server-shared/src/metrics/requests.types.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ export const GetMetricRequestSchema = z.object({
   version_number: z.number().optional(), //api will default to latest if not provided
 });
 
-export const GetMetricDataRequestSchema = GetMetricRequestSchema;
+export const GetMetricDataRequestSchema = GetMetricRequestSchema.extend({
+  limit: z.number().min(1).max(5000).default(5000).optional(),
+});
 
 export const GetMetricListRequestSchema = z.object({
   /** The token representing the current page number for pagination */
diff --git a/packages/server-shared/src/metrics/responses.types.ts b/packages/server-shared/src/metrics/responses.types.ts
index c6c36e274..f8bfa3d86 100644
--- a/packages/server-shared/src/metrics/responses.types.ts
+++ b/packages/server-shared/src/metrics/responses.types.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,21 @@ export type ShareMetricResponse = z.infer<typeof ShareMetricResponseSchema>;
 export type ShareDeleteResponse = z.infer<typeof ShareDeleteResponseSchema>;
 export type ShareUpdateResponse = z.infer<typeof ShareUpdateResponseSchema>;
 export type MetricDataResponse = z.infer<typeof MetricDataResponseSchema>;
+
+/**
+ * Path parameters for metric data endpoint
+ */
+export const MetricDataParamsSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.string().uuid('Metric ID must be a valid UUID'),
+});
+
+export type MetricDataParams = z.infer<typeof MetricDataParamsSchema>;
+
+/**
+ * Query parameters for metric data endpoint
+ */
+export const MetricDataQuerySchema = z.object({
+  limit: z.coerce.number().min(1).max(5000).default(5000).optional(),
+});
+
+export type MetricDataQuery = z.infer<typeof MetricDataQuerySchema>;