Transform for graphite counter

Question

I'm using the incr function from the python statsd client. The key I'm sending for the name is registered in graphite but it shows up as a flat line on the graph. What filters or transforms do I need to apply to get the rate of the increments over time? I've tried an apply function > transform > integral and an apply function > special > aggregate by sum but no success yet.

Answer 1

Your requested function is "Summarize" - see it over here: http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/functions.html

In order to the totals over time just use the summarize functions with the "alignToFrom = true". For example: You can use the following metric for 1 day period: summarize(stats_counts.your.metrics.path,"1d","sum",true)

See graphite summarize datapoints for more details.

Answer 2

The data is there, it just needs hundreds of counts before you start to be able to see it on the graph. Taking the integral also works and shows number of cumulative hits over time, have had to multiple it by x100 to get approximately the correct value.