{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1029","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/telegraf","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1029/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1029/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1029/events","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1029","id":148476814,"number":1029,"title":"Linux CPU %","user":{"login":"Drewster727","id":4528753,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4528753?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727","html_url":"https://github.com/Drewster727","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":10,"created_at":"2016-04-14T20:43:13Z","updated_at":"2016-04-14T23:21:16Z","closed_at":"2016-04-14T21:36:11Z","body":"Hello,\r\n\r\nI'm fairly new to telegraf/influxdb, and I have a question regarding CPU % graphing. I asked the the grafana guys and they said to seek out your advice instead, they think it's more of a result of how the data is being collected (telegraf).\r\n\r\nI'm using\r\n* Grafana v2.6.0\r\n* InfluxDB\r\n* Ubuntu Server 15.10\r\n\r\nI want to track CPU % usage in addition to CPU load. I've got the load part figured out and that works great. However, the results of the CPU % graph are a bit puzzling. They go to wildly high percentages (500-1000%) -- I believe it is due to the fact that I have processes waiting so it has taken into account the number of cores and is just making the calculcation based on that?\r\n\r\nWhat I really want is a cpu % that maxes out at 100%. This should take all cores into account. It seems like a simple thing that I should be able to do. Similar to how windows task manager reports overall CPU % usage, it shouldn't go past 100%.\r\n\r\nHere's the graph currently, notice the high Y axis, and below it the query for it\r\n![1](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/4528753/14542462/a7e07bd6-0254-11e6-9642-986b5b12bc22.png)\r\n\r\n![2](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/4528753/14542500/c77a6326-0254-11e6-83d7-a2369341d293.png)\r\n\r\nHow can I massage this data to get what I'm looking for?\r\n\r\nThanks!\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/telegraf/issues/comments/210200712","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1029#issuecomment-210200712","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1029","id":210200712,"user":{"login":"Drewster727","id":4528753,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4528753?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727","html_url":"https://github.com/Drewster727","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drewster727/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-14T23:21:16Z","updated_at":"2016-04-14T23:21:16Z","body":"@sparrc I asked the grafana guys, everyone seems to be perplexed.. this is out of the box stuff, haven't done much modification at all. Any ideas?"}}