[Orca-users] Re: Looks like I am the only one asking questions ...

[Blair Zajac]

The time unit of `interval' is in seconds.

I would do an rrddump of the generated data files and see what's in them.  If
the data is there, then its a problem with Orca plotting.  If it's not there,
then its a problem in getting the data in.

Blair

Mike Shannon wrote:
> 
> Blair
> 
> thanks again for the timely reply, alas, the change described does
> not fix the problem
> 
> 1 part of the issue is that the y axis on in the range of 0.0 to 1.0
> 
> at least on my totals graph the range should be 1 to 25
> 
> unless there is a scaling thing here.
> 
> what is the time unit of intervals
> 
> thanks!
> 
> m
> 
> --- In orca-discuss at y..., Blair Zajac <blair at o...> wrote:
> > One problem is that the interval in your config file is 10, not
> 600.  This
> > may be the problem and Orca is ignoring most of your data.
> >
> > I would change the interval from 10 to 600 and delete all of your
> rrd files
> > and rerun Orca.
> >
> > Blair
> >
> > Mike Shannon wrote:
> > >
> > > So here is the next one - I hope this is appropriate for this
> group
> > >
> > > I have included my config file
> > >
> > > and a sample data stream for extra help
> > >
> > > but I am only seeing my y graph indices as 0.0 to 1.0
> > >
> > > not the 0 to 25 or so that I expect?
> > >
> > > any idea why this is happening
> > >
> > > thanks!!
> > >
> > > mike
> > >
> > > config file
> > >
> > > #
> > > # Test config file for orca graphing
> > > # first question is if # is a valid comment character
> > > #
> > > base_dir /users/shannon_w/dev/orca/logs/orca/
> > > html_dir /users/shannon_w/dev/orca/logs/orca/html
> > > rrd_dir /users/shannon_w/dev/orca/logs/orca/rrd
> > > state_file vcs_totals.dat
> > > #
> > > group VCS {
> > > find_files /users/shannon_w/dev/orca/orca_input_file.txt
> > > #column_description first_line
> > > column_description Time_stamp Total_Licenses Current_Used
> > > interval 10
> > > date_source column_name Time_stamp
> > > }
> > > Plot {
> > > title Total Licenses
> > > source VCS
> > > data Total_Licenses
> > > line_type AREA
> > > y_legend Number of Licenses
> > > data_min 0
> > > data_max 100
> > > }
> > > Plot {
> > > title Used Licenses
> > > source VCS
> > > data Current_Used
> > > summary_format %4.1f %s
> > > line_type AREA
> > > y_legend Number of Licenses
> > > data_min 0
> > > data_max 100
> > > }
> > >
> > > data
> > >
> > > Time_stamp Total_Licenses Current_Used
> > > 997719000 20 1
> > > 997721400 20 5
> > > 997722000 20 1
> > > 997722600 20 4
> > > 997723200 20 6
> > > 997723800 20 5
> > > 997724400 20 5
> > > 997725000 20 5
> > > 997725600 20 6
> > > 997726200 20 6
> > > 997726800 20 7
> > > 997727400 20 7
> > > 997728000 20 7
> > > 997728601 20 11
> > > 997729200 20 10
> > > 997729800 20 9
> > > 997730400 20 9
> > > 997731000 20 9
> > > 997731600 20 5
> > > 997732200 20 5
> > > 997732800 20 6