Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Monitoring Dashboards V1 API module Google::Cloud::Monitoring::Dashboard::V1::Aggregation::Aligner.
The Aligner specifies the operation that will be applied to the data points in each alignment period in a time series. Except for ALIGN_NONE, which specifies that no operation be applied, each alignment operation replaces the set of data values in each alignment period with a single value: the result of applying the operation to the data values. An aligned time series has a single data value at the end of each alignment_period.
An alignment operation can change the data type of the values, too. For example, if you apply a counting operation to boolean values, the data value_type in the original time series is BOOLEAN, but the value_type in the aligned result is INT64.
Constants
ALIGN_NONE
value: 0
No alignment. Raw data is returned. Not valid if cross-series reduction is requested. The value_type of the result is the same as the value_type of the input.
ALIGN_DELTA
value: 1
Align and convert to [DELTA][google.api.MetricDescriptor.MetricKind.DELTA]. The output is delta = y1 - y0.
This alignment is valid for [CUMULATIVE][google.api.MetricDescriptor.MetricKind.CUMULATIVE] and DELTA metrics. If the selected alignment period results in periods with no data, then the aligned value for such a period is created by interpolation. The value_type of the aligned result is the same as the value_type of the input.
ALIGN_RATE
value: 2
Align and convert to a rate. The result is computed as rate = (y1 - y0)/(t1 - t0), or "delta over time". Think of this aligner as providing the slope of the line that passes through the value at the start and at the end of the alignment_period.
This aligner is valid for CUMULATIVE and DELTA metrics with numeric values. If the selected alignment period results in periods with no data, then the aligned value for such a period is created by interpolation. The output is a GAUGE metric with value_type DOUBLE.
If, by "rate", you mean "percentage change", see the ALIGN_PERCENT_CHANGE aligner instead.
ALIGN_INTERPOLATE
value: 3
Align by interpolating between adjacent points around the alignment period boundary. This aligner is valid for GAUGE metrics with numeric values. The value_type of the aligned result is the same as the value_type of the input.
ALIGN_NEXT_OLDER
value: 4
Align by moving the most recent data point before the end of the alignment period to the boundary at the end of the alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE metrics. The value_type of the aligned result is the same as the value_type of the input.
ALIGN_MIN
value: 10
Align the time series by returning the minimum value in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with numeric values. The value_type of the aligned result is the same as the value_type of the input.
ALIGN_MAX
value: 11
Align the time series by returning the maximum value in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with numeric values. The value_type of the aligned result is the same as the value_type of the input.
ALIGN_MEAN
value: 12
Align the time series by returning the mean value in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with numeric values. The value_type of the aligned result is DOUBLE.
ALIGN_COUNT
value: 13
Align the time series by returning the number of values in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with numeric or Boolean values. The value_type of the aligned result is INT64.
ALIGN_SUM
value: 14
Align the time series by returning the sum of the values in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with numeric and distribution values. The value_type of the aligned result is the same as the value_type of the input.
ALIGN_STDDEV
value: 15
Align the time series by returning the standard deviation of the values in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with numeric values. The value_type of the output is DOUBLE.
ALIGN_COUNT_TRUE
value: 16
Align the time series by returning the number of True values in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE metrics with Boolean values. The value_type of the output is INT64.
ALIGN_COUNT_FALSE
value: 24
Align the time series by returning the number of False values in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE metrics with Boolean values. The value_type of the output is INT64.
ALIGN_FRACTION_TRUE
value: 17
Align the time series by returning the ratio of the number of True values to the total number of values in each alignment period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE metrics with Boolean values. The output value is in the range [0.0, 1.0] and has value_type DOUBLE.
ALIGN_PERCENTILE_99
value: 18
Align the time series by using percentile aggregation. The resulting data point in each alignment period is the 99th percentile of all data points in the period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with distribution values. The output is a GAUGE metric with value_type DOUBLE.
ALIGN_PERCENTILE_95
value: 19
Align the time series by using percentile aggregation. The resulting data point in each alignment period is the 95th percentile of all data points in the period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with distribution values. The output is a GAUGE metric with value_type DOUBLE.
ALIGN_PERCENTILE_50
value: 20
Align the time series by using percentile aggregation. The resulting data point in each alignment period is the 50th percentile of all data points in the period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with distribution values. The output is a GAUGE metric with value_type DOUBLE.
ALIGN_PERCENTILE_05
value: 21
Align the time series by using percentile aggregation. The resulting data point in each alignment period is the 5th percentile of all data points in the period. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with distribution values. The output is a GAUGE metric with value_type DOUBLE.
ALIGN_PERCENT_CHANGE
value: 23
Align and convert to a percentage change. This aligner is valid for GAUGE and DELTA metrics with numeric values. This alignment returns ((current - previous)/previous) * 100, where the value of previous is determined based on the alignment_period.
If the values of current and previous are both 0, then the returned value is 0. If only previous is 0, the returned value is infinity.
A 10-minute moving mean is computed at each point of the alignment period prior to the above calculation to smooth the metric and prevent false positives from very short-lived spikes. The moving mean is only applicable for data whose values are >= 0. Any values < 0 are treated as a missing datapoint, and are ignored. While DELTA metrics are accepted by this alignment, special care should be taken that the values for the metric will always be positive. The output is a GAUGE metric with value_type DOUBLE.