On 10/25/05, Roth, Gabrielle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> If you were measuring the total number of tickets that go through the > help desk, which will only increase, you'd use the counter datatype. To > measure the current number of open tickets, which may increase or > decrease, (we hope it decreases!), use the gauge datatype. > </snip>
Thanks for all the help. I'm now using the gauge, and getting somewhere. Here is my RRD: !Build table to store ticket opens in last 5 minutes and c:\py\rrdtool create TicketOandC.rrd --start N --step 300 DS:NonClosed:GAUGE:300:0:5000 DS:Closed:GAUGE:300:0:5000 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:288 !1 Day of Actuals RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:48:186 !31 Days of 4Hr Averages RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:365 !1 Yr or 1Day Averages This seems to be close. But now I get odd breaks in the graph every so often. I want the line from each datapoint (correct term?) to be connected to the next. To draw a constant line across the graph. I'm guess that these breaks mean for some reason every now-and-then I'm not getting a result pushed into the RRD file so the unknown is 'drawn' as a blank? How do I avoid that? Should I change the 0.5 to 0.1? But the 1 Days of actuals line only takes one data point so the 0.5 thing is pointless? I did have the DS as 300:0:U but changed it incase that was doing something screwy. Here is how I build my chart: !build 5min avg X 1 day chart c:\py\rrdtool graph hddaily.png --start N-200000 --title "5 Minute Ticket Open & Close Rates" DEF:NonClosed=TicketOandC.rrd:NonClosed:AVERAGE DEF:Closed=TicketOandC.rrd:Closed:AVERAGE LINE1:NonClosed#1122B3:NonClosed LINE1:Closed#FF00CC:Closed GPRINT:NonClosed:LAST:"NonClosed Last\:%8.0lf" GPRINT:Closed:LAST:"Closed Last\:%8.0lf\j" Thanks again for all the help! -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/rrd-users WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi
