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[Nicholas Leskiw <question202236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #202236 on Graphite changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/202236

    Status: Open => Answered

Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer:
Could you configure your monitoring script to send the default value
instead of nothing?

NatB <question202236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>New question #202236 on Graphite:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/202236
>
>Hello,
>
>Here is a feature suggestion for Graphite.
>Sometimes the client sends values, but sometimes nothing is sent.
>It would be good to have a default value when nothing is sent, instead of "no data".
>
>Here is an example: let's say I send the value 1 when my job starts, and 0 when it stops.
>By using "keepLastValue", I can monitor in real time when my job is running and when it stopped.
>
>Now, if my job failed before sending the value 0, Graphite will keep displaying the value 1 even if the job is not running anymore!
>
>The defaultValueifNoData function I'm suggesting ccan fix this.
>
>Thanks & regards.
>
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