Units of Measure with REST API GET objects.rrdexport

[DFaught]

How can I tell what are the units of measure defined for an mrtg service when using the REST API to GET objects.rrdexport for that service? I get the data back but without knowing what the units are, it's not as meaningful.

Thank you for any help you can provide.

[npolovenko]

Hello, @DFaught. Can you show me the output of your query? If you query includes a host then the first paragraph will explain what the values are:

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"legend": {
            "entry": [
                "rta",
                "pl",
                "rtmax",
                "rtmin"
            ]

Rta is measured in ms, pl in %, rtmax in ms, rtmin in ms. These units of measure never chnage. I guess if we appended units of measurement in a json response it would be harder to integrate this API with various third-party software. This is just my guess, I might be wrong.

[DFaught]

I am querying the history data for a switch port bandwidth service where the units could be kilobits/second, megabits, gigabits, etc. The units can be specified in the Switch-Router Configuration Wizard. Here is the beginning of the response:

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{
    "meta": {
        "start": "1519146000",
        "step": "600",
        "end": "1519146000",
        "rows": "289",
        "columns": "2",
        "legend": {
            "entry": [
                "in",
                "out"
            ]
        }
    },
    "data": {
        "row": [
            {
                "t": "1519146000",
                "v": [
                    "2.1859439939e+01",
                    "1.4231186011e+01"
                ]
            },
            {
                "t": "1519146600",
                "v": [
                    "2.2410746002e+01",
                    "1.5672900275e+01"
                ]
            },

...

[npolovenko]

@DFaught, I think they're not including measurement units for third-party integration purposes. Also, you should be able to see measurement units on the actual graph in GUI.
With that said, I can see your point as well. I can submit a feature request on your behalf if you'd like. Please keep in mind that the decision to implement the enhancement is at the sole discretion of our development team.