Hi, StatsD generates a total count of counter metrics under the stats_count namespace. You could just sum those values to get total sign-ups.
Cheers, Daniel On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 04:45:55PM -0000, Joakim B wrote: >New question #213347 on Graphite: >https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/213347 > >Whilst being kind of a novice with graphite, I have managed to set it up on a >dedicated machine along with statsd and got it working as I want, but this >confuses me: > >I have a number of places in my application where I would like to keep track >of the total amount of things whilst still retaining time-based data. For >example - total signups since day 0, as well as signups per >minute/hour/whatever. > >My first idea was to increment a counter named "users.total" on user signup, >but when opening graphite and looking at it I see what I believe is increments >per time unit, unless I'm completely misunderstanding it. >To work around this, I tried to apply different modifiers inside graphite - >"sum", "hitcount" and "integral, but neither seems to be able to get a nice >total sum over time - Integral is close except that it always has the zero on >the left side, making it impossible to zoom in on an area and spot specific >changes between dates. > >Sure, I could do the equivalent of COUNT("users") in my database and storing >it as a gauge datatype, but It would be much nicer to use the already >available counter. > >What can I do here? > >Please bear in mind that I have little milage with Graphite & statsd yet. >Thanks in advance! > > >-- >You received this question notification because you are a member of >graphite-dev, which is an answer contact for Graphite. > >_______________________________________________ >Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~graphite-dev >Post to : [email protected] >Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~graphite-dev >More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~graphite-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~graphite-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
