Reporting APC PDU power usage
I have a client looking to monitor their colo rack power usage and have a monthly report showing consumed power.
Ultimately, they want to be sure they are being billed fairly by their hosting da...
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On 8/31/2020 at 11:26 AM, Stuart Weenig said:hehe, so it's saying 45.15 k kWh (thousand kiloWatt hours). 45 MWhours? Great Scot!
Yes, you can fix this and you probably should think about the graphs as you do this as well. Since the raw value is in 10ths, you should consider either modifying the existing datapoint or creating a new complex datapoint that converts from tenths of a kWh to Wh. That way the actual number is stored and both the graph and report will automatically scale (along SI units). So the actual value that gets stored would be 45154200, which is in Watt-hours. When the reporting system and the graphing system go to display them, they will automatically scale up to MWh.
LOL, Yeah Mega Watt Hours... who knew we'd worry about that at a PDU level.
This field is a "user resetable" number that id be no one ever resets. Mine were last rese years ago, probably the install date :)/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />
I try not to edit the data sources because that means updating them from the repository will remove my changes.
So I cloned the data source and added the complex datapoints I needed to track Watt Hours
after a few days i can confirm the report is displaying the data correctly
My next hurdle is that this is a useful repot for internal testing, however it is not at all a clean customer facing report I could schedule and email monthly.
I understand that the data is stored and available to draw on for the metric report, but I cant see a way to build this as a clean dashboard or gauge.
I guess I am asking if there is a "report designer" or maybe a means of making a gauge from this data now that I have it tracked?
