{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/oetiker/rrdtool-2.x/issues/36","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/oetiker/rrdtool-2.x/issues/36/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/oetiker/rrdtool-2.x/issues/36/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/oetiker/rrdtool-2.x/issues/36/events","html_url":"https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-2.x/issues/36","id":54695770,"number":36,"title":"atomic data type","user":{"login":"matwey","id":156627,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/156627?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey","html_url":"https://github.com/matwey","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/matwey/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-01-18T13:00:32Z","updated_at":"2015-01-18T13:47:32Z","closed_at":"2015-01-18T13:15:20Z","body":"Hi,\r\n\r\nI would like to see atomic data type to be able to store atomic data.\r\nAn example of atomic data is UPS status which value can be either `online` or `onbattery`.\r\n\r\nSure, standard aggregations can not be applied on such data.\r\n\r\nAtomic data can be used, for instance, in IF constructions to modify color of the different LINE or AREA.\r\n\r\nUsing atoms instead of numeric integer state representation is more convenient, you don't need to explicitly store the mapping both on backend and frontend sides.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/oetiker/rrdtool-2.x/issues/comments/70408885","html_url":"https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-2.x/issues/36#issuecomment-70408885","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/oetiker/rrdtool-2.x/issues/36","id":70408885,"user":{"login":"oetiker","id":429279,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/429279?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker","html_url":"https://github.com/oetiker","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/oetiker/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-18T13:47:32Z","updated_at":"2015-01-18T13:47:32Z","body":"the idea would be to just test for positive and negative values when creating your charts ... but if you have a cool idea, how to fit your type of information into the rrd database, by all means, hack away ... "}}