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Early access 1.6.0 Calculate the instantaneous rate of change at the left, or earliest, edge of a gauge aggregate. This is equal to the second value minus the first value, divided by the time lapse between the two points. This calculation is useful for fast-moving gauges.

Arguments

NameTypeDefaultRequiredDescription
summaryGaugeSummary-A gauge aggregate created using gauge_agg

Returns

DOUBLE PRECISION: The instantaneous rate of change at the left, or earliest, edge of the gauge aggregate

Samples

Get the instantaneous rate of change at the start of each 15-minute gauge aggregate.
SELECT
    id,
    bucket,
    irate_left(summary)
FROM (
    SELECT
        id,
        time_bucket('15 min'::interval, ts) AS bucket,
        gauge_agg(ts, val) AS summary
    FROM foo
    GROUP BY id, time_bucket('15 min'::interval, ts)
) t