alignment options

Alignment

The method to use to align data points in all series.

none	Do not align; use raw data points.
interpolate	Insert data points between adjacent data points around the alignment period boundary.
next older	Shift the oldest data point before the alignment period boundary to the boundary.
mean	Replace all data points in the alignment period with the arithmetic mean of their values. When a collection gap occurs, line charts using mean show a straight line across the gap, with no selectable values between the known data points.
maximum	Discard all data points in the alignment period except the maximum value.
minimum	Discard all data points in the alignment period except the minimum value.
standard deviation	Replace all data points in the alignment period with the square root of the mean variance of their values.
sum	Replace all data points in the alignment period with the sum of their values. Works with numeric and distribution values.
count	Replace all data points in the alignment period with the sum of their values. Works with numeric and Boolean values.

Alignment period

The time interval to aggregate, used only with aggregation methods (mean, maximum, minimum, standard deviation, sum, and count).

For example, if the data to aggregate includes 60 data points in an interval of 30 minutes, selecting an alignment period of 5 minutes (5m) would yield 6 aggregated data points.