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monitor.stateChanges() function

monitor.stateChanges() detects state changes in a stream of data with a _level column and outputs records that change from fromLevel to toLevel.

Function type signature
(<-tables: stream[{C with _level: D}], ?fromLevel: A, ?toLevel: B) => stream[E] where A: Equatable, B: Equatable, D: Equatable, E: Record

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Parameters

fromLevel

Level to detect a change from. Default is "any".

toLevel

Level to detect a change to. Default is "any".

tables

Input data. Default is piped-forward data (<-).

Examples

Detect when the state changes to critical

import "array"
import "influxdata/influxdb/monitor"

data =
    array.from(
        rows: [
            {_time: 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z, _level: "ok"},
            {_time: 2021-01-01T00:01:00Z, _level: "ok"},
            {_time: 2021-01-01T00:02:00Z, _level: "warn"},
            {_time: 2021-01-01T00:03:00Z, _level: "crit"},
        ],
    )

data
    |> monitor.stateChanges(toLevel: "crit")

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