I’m monitoring build processes via Prometheus metrics and need to create a dashboard that compares multiple builds on the same graph using relative elapsed time in seconds instead of absolute timestamps.
Current Setup:
- Prometheus metrics structure:
build_cpu_percent{job="build",project="web-app",build_id="build-123"} 116 build_memory_megabytes{job="build",project="web-app",build_id="build-123"} 1891 build_elapsed_seconds{job="build",project="web-app",build_id="build-123"} 23
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Data pattern: Each build has its own timeline where
build_elapsed_secondsstarts from 0 and increases during the build -
Goal: Create graphs like this where X-axis shows “Start Time (seconds)” instead of wall-clock time
Current Issues:
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“Values must be in ascending order” error when trying to use
build_elapsed_secondsas X-axis -
Multiple builds create conflicting timelines:
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Build A: elapsed_seconds = 555, 585, 615
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Build B: elapsed_seconds = 18, 48, 78
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Grafana sees: 18 → 48 → 78 → 555 → 585 → 615 (not ascending)
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Currently my data looks like this (after some transformation on the data)
and i want to display something like this
where each color of dotted lines represent a build-id CPU usage
