def get_custom_data_point():
 length = random.randint(0, 10)
 print 'reporting timeseries value {}'.format(str(length))
 return length

def get_custom_data_point ( ) : length = random . randint ( 0 , 10 ) print 'reporting timeseries value {}' . format ( str ( length ) ) return length
dummy method to return a mock measurement for demonstration purposes .