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Aggregated Metric

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Aggregated Metric

Use this widget to combine multiple metric values of the same type into a single value. Choose from different aggregate functions, like Average, Min or Max throughout a specific time range.

Use case

The Aggregated Metric widget is useful when:

  • You want to display the aggregate value of multiple metrics of the same type

Examples

Average HTTP response time

This example shows the average HTTP response time across multiple web servers.

Configuration

When creating or editing a widget, a drawer that shows the widget's configuration options slides out from the right. Each configurable option is described in the following table.

Field

Description

Widget name

Name of the widget as it appears on the dashboard.

This field shows the default name of the widget. Select the pen icon to rename the widget.

Metrics

The selected metric's aggregated value will be displayed on the widget.

Additional Metric Filters

You can also use the filters to fine-tune your search results.

Values:

  • By tags

  • By option string

Instances

Filter instances by the following:

  • No filter

  • Tags

  • Group

  • Name

The aggregated metric values will be collected from the selected instances.

Aggregation

Aggregated data can be calculated based on the following values:

Values:

  • Average (Default)

  • Min

  • Max

  • Sum

Time Range

Shows the live or aggregated metric value of a metric based on the selected time range.

Values:

  • Live

  • Last hour

  • Last 15 minutes

  • Last 6 hours (default)

  • Last 12 hours

  • Last 24 hours

  • Last week

  • Last month

  • Last year

Dashboard Scoping Adherence

Enabling this option will allow you to bypass Dashboard-level scoping.

Aggregated Metric

Use this widget to combine multiple metric values of the same type into a single value. Choose from different aggregate functions, like Average, Min or Max throughout a specific time range.

Use case

The Aggregated Metric widget is useful when:

  • You want to display the aggregate value of multiple metrics of the same type

Examples

Average HTTP response time

This example shows the average HTTP response time across multiple web servers.

Configuration

When creating or editing a widget, a drawer that shows the widget's configuration options slides out from the right. Each configurable option is described in the following table.

Field

Description

Widget name

Name of the widget as it appears on the dashboard.

This field shows the default name of the widget. Select the pen icon to rename the widget.

Metrics

The selected metric's aggregated value will be displayed on the widget.

Additional Metric Filters

You can also use the filters to fine-tune your search results.

Values:

  • By tags

  • By option string

Instances

Filter instances by the following:

  • No filter

  • Tags

  • Group

  • Name

The aggregated metric values will be collected from the selected instances.

Aggregation

Aggregated data can be calculated based on the following values:

Values:

  • Average (Default)

  • Min

  • Max

  • Sum

Time Range

Shows the live or aggregated metric value of a metric based on the selected time range.

Values:

  • Live

  • Last hour

  • Last 15 minutes

  • Last 6 hours (default)

  • Last 12 hours

  • Last 24 hours

  • Last week

  • Last month

  • Last year

Dashboard Scoping Adherence

Enabling this option will allow you to bypass Dashboard-level scoping.