def read_absolute(self, metric_names_list, start_time, end_time=None,
                      query_modifying_function=None, only_read_tags=False, tags=None):
        return reader.read_absolute(self, metric_names_list, start_time, end_time,
                                    query_modifying_function=query_modifying_function,
                                    only_read_tags=only_read_tags, tags=tags)
Helper function for configuring shapes depending on the merge concatenation type
dataset/ETHPy150Open pcn/pyKairosDB/pyKairosDB/connection.py/KairosDBConnection.read_absolute--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open NervanaSystems/neon/neon/layers/container.py/MergeBroadcast._configure_merge