{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/coursera/metrics-datadog/issues/47","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/coursera/metrics-datadog","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/coursera/metrics-datadog/issues/47/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/coursera/metrics-datadog/issues/47/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/coursera/metrics-datadog/issues/47/events","html_url":"https://github.com/coursera/metrics-datadog/pull/47","id":141933591,"number":47,"title":"Make all reports gauges","user":{"login":"umcodemonkey","id":15268909,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15268909?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey","html_url":"https://github.com/umcodemonkey","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/umcodemonkey/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-03-18T17:43:40Z","updated_at":"2016-03-21T15:11:08Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/coursera/metrics-datadog/pulls/47","html_url":"https://github.com/coursera/metrics-datadog/pull/47","diff_url":"https://github.com/coursera/metrics-datadog/pull/47.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/coursera/metrics-datadog/pull/47.patch"},"body":"Datadog Counters are being used for the 'count' values of Timers and Meters, but this doesn't map to Datadog Counters. The timer and metric counts are for all time, not per reporting period. Like everything else in Dropwizard Metrics, this should be reported as a gauge."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/coursera/metrics-datadog/issues/comments/199331090","html_url":"https://github.com/coursera/metrics-datadog/pull/47#issuecomment-199331090","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/coursera/metrics-datadog/issues/47","id":199331090,"user":{"login":"jimbodude","id":6749664,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6749664?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude","html_url":"https://github.com/jimbodude","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jimbodude/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-03-21T15:11:08Z","updated_at":"2016-03-21T15:11:08Z","body":"Datadog counter is for a rate, where Datadog gauge is for a measured value.  I believe both Dropwizard Meter and most of the Histogram properties are reporting rates.  It really depends on how you want the rollup to happen - with a gauge, you'll get an average of the measurements (by default), with a counter you'll get a sum (total number of events) over the time period.  With a counter, you can choose to see it as a count or a rate - so I think you should be able to get either answer with the counter if the rate information is being reported correctly and with the correct time units.\r\n\r\nAll that said - I'm already getting Datadog gauges for my Dropwizard histograms and meters.  Not sure why that is."}}