DataSource recording zeroes for non-zero raw responses

No, the poll rate shouldn’t matter. Especially if the datapoint type should be a gauge. Just try it out and see if you get what you are expecting. If you do, then you know you’ve got it setup right.

Gauge worked:

This still doesn’t feel right. I’m only considering adding alerts to the ike_session_state and/or tunnel_status.

However, it seems like a plausible use-case for someone to desire to place thresholds for other fields. If these fields are gauge, how would you craft a threshold for anything?

If you set them as gauge and you are getting the number you expect in the unit you expect, you’d just set a threshold for that number. 

LM is only as good as the underlying data that is provided to it. I’d dig deeper into the documentation to see if the bytes are actually counters or if they’re defined as integers with a unit of time associated with it. 

Are you sourcing from SNMP or an API or something else?

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I’m sourcing via API

I’d be surprised if the API is giving you a counter. Most don’t do that. You typically only see them in SNMP mibs these days. They don’t make computer scientists like they used to.

I just copied the image above and pasted it here, or below I used the Embed Media, I noticed that if you try to right click and copy the image address it does not seem to like that, so I had to open the image in a browser and copy the URL. I’ll ask their support community what the issue is with that!

When you copied, it didn’t get the gif unless there’s something i have to do to get it to move.