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Need help structuring data


I've a set of data that I thought I was setting up in the right way but when trying to view graphs in Grafana it's not presenting the way I want it to. Cutting to the chase, here's my data sample:

conquest,base=The_Spire,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=Norhaven,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=Jotuns_Outpost,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=Tyrolian_Outpost,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=8979 1436550221
conquest,base=Infested_Depot,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1955 1436550221
conquest,base=Brood_Nest,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=SkyCom_Complex,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=Red_Maw_base,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=Seismic_Beacon,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=Phobos_Station,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=Asphodal_Nexus,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=Cleave_Rock,guild=Hodor,guild_id=119890002 value=1 1436550221
conquest,base=The_Spire,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=1 1436551659
conquest,base=Norhaven,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=4755 1436551659
conquest,base=Jotuns_Outpost,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=6330 1436551659
conquest,base=Tyrolian_Outpost,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=7270 1436551659
conquest,base=Infested_Depot,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=7705 1436551659
conquest,base=Brood_Nest,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=1 1436551659
conquest,base=SkyCom_Complex,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=1 1436551659
conquest,base=Red_Maw_base,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=1 1436551659
conquest,base=Seismic_Beacon,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=1 1436551659
conquest,base=Phobos_Station,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=1 1436551659
conquest,base=Asphodal_Nexus,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=1 1436551659
conquest,base=Cleave_Rock,guild=Seraphs,guild_id=83310002 value=1 1436551659

What I wanted to see was each guild's points (value) for each base...so if I selected "Infested_Depot" then I'd see two sets of graph lines one for the Guild Hodor, and the other for Seraphs where the point plots would be for the timestamp and that guilds value..what I'm getting instead is just a single data series.

I'm using Grafana v2.0.2 and influxdb 0.9.1


Solution

  • InfluxDB implicitly merges all series that match a query, unless the GROUP BY clause explicitly separates them. You want a query along the lines of SELECT SUM(value) AS guild_points FROM conquest WHERE base='Infested_Depot' AND time > now() - 1w GROUP BY guild. I'm not sure how to make that a grafana-ism, but you'll need to put guild in the GROUP BY to get what you want.