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joshlowit1
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5 years ago

Complex DataPoint for a Report

Hi Team,

I am wanting to create a report for TotalIOPS which on a dashboard I have is DiskReadsPerSec+DiskWritesPerSec on the dashboard widget. I would like to create a custom datapoint that can be applied to servers that can be pulled to a report just like any other DataPoint so that I can create a report showing IOPs for a specific point in time such as May 1st 6am to 6pm. Currently I can create a metric report showing Reads and Writes but not the operation to combine them for total IOPs. I did look at the Complex DataPoints page and saw the syntax but it does not give clear real world examples and I've never created a complex datapoint before. I keep getting an error stating either syntax is incorrect or the datapoints do not exist but I copied the datapoints from the widget. Any help would be appreciated!

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    joshlowit1
    5 years ago

    I have answered my own question, I was trying to put the expression in a DataSource that did not have the DiskReadsPerSec (I was using a DataSource that had been cloned and applied to a specific client). When I added the expression to the built in DataSource that has the correct DataPoints then it did not give the error. 

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    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Oh yeah, for sure they have to be in the same DS.  ?

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    joshlowit1
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    5 years ago

    I have answered my own question, I was trying to put the expression in a DataSource that did not have the DiskReadsPerSec (I was using a DataSource that had been cloned and applied to a specific client). When I added the expression to the built in DataSource that has the correct DataPoints then it did not give the error. 

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    joshlowit1
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    5 years ago

    I may understand why it is not working, just would like confirmation. So the complex datapoint must be in the same datasource as the other datapoints that I am using in the expression, correct? Otherwise I would get the error they do not exist because the complex datapoint wouldn't be able to "read" data from other datasources, correct?

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    joshlowit1
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    5 years ago

    Hi Stuart,

    Thank you for your reply. I have used DiskReadsPerSec+DiskWritesPerSec and DiskReadsPerSec + DiskWritesPerSec (added spaces between the +). The first one I used before posting this question. Both give the same error "The expression is incorrect (there may be a syntax error or the use of non-existent datapoints)" Based on what I read it should just be the DataPoint1 + DataPoint2. Thats why I am confused on why it is not working. 

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    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    You'd go to the DataSource and add a complex datapoint called "totalIOPS". The expression is simply the sum of the two normal datapoints: 

     DiskReadsPerSec + DiskWritesPerSec

    The new complex datapoint would only have data going forward from the moment it's created.