Feature Idea: NRQL Derivative Function

Hi,
I have a cumulative value which I store to insights every minute.
I would like to get the derivative of the value but it there is no derivative function in NRQL. Is this possible/forthcoming?

Eg Dynamic_sql_stmts is a cumulative count since the db started. I’d like to know dynamic_sql_stmts per minute.

SELECT average(DYNAMIC_SQL_STMTS) FROM DB2Stats SINCE 30 MINUTES AGO TIMESERIES 1 minute

New Relic edit

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Try max - min for a hack. You might have to widen your interval.

@charekc and @eschumac - Thank you for pitching in the community! I have created a poll so we can start collecting votes for this!

Hi all,

I’m afraid that the max() - min() hack will not work for me, as I have more than one host (so max and min will be selected from all values for all hosts). I want to calculate the difference between max and min for a host and then sum up all the differences for all hosts. This feature would be really handy for this I think.