I am really puzzled on this, I would really like to have some input on this. By definition when you have monitoring in place you want the real data, I don't see how anyone can be okay with no way to represent missing points, unless I missed something I just don't get it...
On 18 October 2016 at 11:59, Julien Ammous <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello eveyone, > I started my discussion here: https://github.com/influxdata/ > influxdb/pull/2429 but the mailing list might be a better platform for it. > > I am still using 0.8 and I am evaluating 1.0, before this particular issue > I was pretty happy with the changes but I don't know how to handle the > absence of NULL. > What we are currently doing is inserting a NULL value when the stream of > data is broken so that a clear cut will appear on the graph, the issue is > how to do that with 1.0, if a server goes dark for two minutes I want the > resulting graphs to show an empty section, not interpolate the line from > the last point, how are 1.0.x users handling this ? I don't want to show > false data in our monitoring graphs... > > After a quick look at grafana issues on this it looks like some users > don't even know why their line graphs are connected instead of showing the > expected void. > The "solution" mentioned in the issue linked above is to have a separate > field to signal null but it needs support from the frontend aside from > being a hack instead of a real solution, inserting 0 is also not an option > as 0 is a real value. > > > -- > Remember to include the version number! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "InfluxData" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/influxdb/aVDKk3Ny5J4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/influxdb/8cd8c32f-d0f2-4cd8-97e1-855e2aff2551%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/8cd8c32f-d0f2-4cd8-97e1-855e2aff2551%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Remember to include the version number! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxData" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CAA0q%3Dt%2BYGAnTMyBh3BN9HZ7vuvbkud8V%3DcvZKCka7V59hMHPrw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
