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Re: PMIE : Using raw value for a counter

To: chandana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PMIE : Using raw value for a counter
From: fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:10:01 -0400
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In-reply-to: <1431663705.6445.46.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Chandana De Silva's message of "Fri, 15 May 2015 14:21:45 +1000")
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chandana wrote:

> [...]  I need to evaluate the raw value in PMIE of a metric which
> has been defined as a Counter. [...]

(I'm curious - why?  Comparing it to other counters?)

> Since this value does not change very often, pmie sees the value as
> 0.  Is there any way I can force pmie to use the raw value ?

(This could be a place for a $instant=value($counter) expression in
pmie expression language, like we were talking about for
derived-metrics.)

- FChE

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