Migration notes for Tanzu (Wavefront) to PromQL

WavefrontQL and PromQL are both used to visualize data, and some functions are very similar. Use this information for guidance as you convert queries from Wavefront to Prometheus.

Functions

Wavefront	PromQL	Notes
`abs()`	`abs()`	none
`exists()`	`absent()`	WavefrontQL must use the `ts()` function.
unsupported	`absent_over_time()`	none
`ceil()`	`ceil()`	WavefrontQL must use the `ts()` function.
unsupported	`changes()`	none
`limit()`	`clamp_max()`	none
`floor()`	`clamp_min()`	none
`day()`	`day_of_month()`	Wavefront needs to specify the time zone with the day function. PromQL returns results in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
`weekday()`	`day_of_week()`	none
`daysInMonth()`	`days_in_month()`	none
`align()`	`<aggr>_over_time()`	none
`deriv()`	`deriv()`	none
`exp()`	`exp()`	none
unsupported	`floor()`	none
`percentile()`	`histogram_quantile()`	In PromQL, use `histogram_quantile(0.95, sum by (le) rate(my_histogram_metric_bucket[1m]))` to get the ninety-fifth percentile.
`hw()`	`holt_winters()`	none
`hour()`	`hour()`	none
unsupported	`idelta()`	Use only with gauges in PromQL.
`ratediff()`	`increase()` or `irate()`	WavefrontQl `ratediff()` gives you the only difference in value between each two data points.
`join()`	`label_join()`	Wavefront can do specific joins like SQL.
`taggify()`	`label_replace()`	none
`log()`	`ln()`	none
unsupported	`log2()`	none
`log10()`	`log10()`	none
`minute()`	`minute()`	PromQL returns results in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). You must specify a timezone in WavefrontQL.
`month()`	`month()`	PromQL returns results in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). You must specify a timezone in WavefrontQL.
`linearforecast()`	`predict_linear()`	WavefrontQL can specify a length of time in the past for use with predicting the linear regression. PromQL predicts using the entire series, for use only with gauges.
`rate()`	`rate()`	none
`flapping()`	`resets()`	none
`round()`	`round()`	PromQL rounds up the tied values.
unsupported	`scalar()`	none
unsupported	`sort()`	PromQL `sort()` and `sort_desc()` show the data order in the Console view. Because Wavefront visualizes queries in charts instead of a console, they don’t support this option.
unsupported	`sort_desc()`	PromQL `sort()` and `sort_desc()` show the data order in the Console view. Because Wavefront visualizes queries in charts instead of a console, they don’t support this option.
`sqrt()`	`sqrt()`	none
`time()`	`time()`	none
`timestamp()`	`timestamp()`	none
unsupported	`vector()`	none
`year()`	`year()`	PromQL returns results in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). You must specify a timezone in WavefrontQL.

Time functions

Wavefront	PromQL	Notes
`mavg()`	`avg_over_time()`	none
`min()`	`min_over_time()`	WavefrontQL must use the `ts()` function to match `min_over_time()`.
`max()`	`max_over_time()`	WavefrontQL must use the following form to match `max_over_time()`.
`msum()`	`sum_over_time()`	`sum_over_time()` is applicable only to gauges.
`mcount()`	`count_over_time()`	none
`percentile()`	`quantile_over_time()`	WavefrontQL requires the rawpercentile() function instead of percentile().
	`stddev_over_time()`	none
	`stdvar_over_time()`	none

Aggregations

Wavefront	PromQL	Notes
`rawsum()`	`sum()`	none
`min()`	`min()`	To emulate PromQl, use the following WavefrontQL form.
`max()`	`max()`	To emulate PromQl, use the following WavefrontQL form.
`avg()`	`avg()`	To emulate PromQL, use the following WavefrontQL form.
	`group()`	none
`stddev()`	`stddev()`	WavefrontQL can do only standard deviation on histograms.
`variance()`	`stdvar()`	The `variance()` function uses interpolation. To not use interpolation, use `rawvariance()`.
`count()`	`count()`	WavefrontQL must use the `ts()` function to approximate the effect of the PromQL function.
`count()`	`count_values()`	To emulate PromQL function, use a Wavefront `events` function.
`bottomk()`	`bottomk()`	none
`topk()`	`topk()`	none
	`quantile()`	none

Binary operators

Wavefront	PromQL	Notes
`.eq()`	`==`	none
`.ne()`	`!=`	none
`.gt()`	`>`	none
`.lt()`	`<`	none
`.ge()`	`>=`	none
`.le()`	`<=`	none

Boolean operations

Wavefront	PromQL	Notes
`intersect()`	`and`	intersection
`union()`	`or`	union
`complement()`	`unless`	complement

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