Reports only show data from a specific tim e period?

[Matt Pounsett]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Paul L. Allen wrote:

> >> I really can't see the point of this.  Why present them with a display
> >> that's a lie?  But since they want it, here are some thoughts. 
> > 
> > Where's the lie?  His managers want statistical information over certain
> > hours of the day.
> 
> The CGIs display more than statistical information.  And even assuming
> they are only interested in the statistical information, suppressing
> raw data turns statistics into a LIE.  It is known as selective sampling.

It's not a lie if that's the statistical information you're asked for.  "We
have had no outages between 7am and 7pm weekdays," is made a lie because the
webserver was out for five minutes on Saturday.

He's not requesting that the entire system only report data between those
hours -- he's asking for trends and graphs that show statistics for those
hours.

> > information.. one of which was presented on the list already: that the
> > services in question are only accessed by the public/clients/whatever 
> > during certain hours of the day, and they want to know what the rate
> > of failure during those hours is.
> 
> And I can think of one reason that suppressing this information is a bad
> idea.  Any trouble outside of those hours may be a sign of an impending

Nobody said anything about supressing any information.

> What answer did YOU give him? 

None.. since the software doesn't actually do what he's asking for, and a few
helpful people already provided him with the same suggestions and alternatives
I would have.

As to your suggestion that I killfile you... I'm quite happy to simply skip
over your posts.  I'm more concerned about the new users who are unaware of
your posting habits and might be discouraged from participation by you.

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matt.pounsett at cira.ca                                 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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