PMIE : Using raw value for a counter

[Chandana De Silva <chandana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,
I need to evaluate the raw value in PMIE of a metric which has been defined as a Counter.

The metric is ;
$ pminfo -T -d  -h gwdb01.prod.mel.au.m4u.com.au mysql.status.com_slave_start

mysql.status.com_slave_start
    Data Type: 32-bit unsigned int  InDom: PM_INDOM_NULL 0xffffffff
    Semantics: counter  Units: count
Help: <empty entry>

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 ?

Chandana