Allow to use passed status instead of MAD

apiary.apib

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ This API controls the metrics on your dashboard
         + status (required, enum[string]) - One of: OK, Warning, Critical, Unknown
         + expires: 604800 (optional, number) - Time in seconds when to remove the metric if there is no update (Valid: `0 < x < 604800`)
         + freshness: 3600 (optional, number) - Time in seconds when to switch to `Unkown` state of there is no update (Valid: `0 < x < 604800`)
+        + ignore_mad: false (optional, boolean) - If set to true the status passed in the update will be used instead of the median absolute deviation
 
 + Response 200 (text/plain)
 

structs.go

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type dashboardMetric struct {
 	Value          float64                `json:"value,omitifempty"`
 	Expires        int64                  `json:"expires,omitifempty"`
 	Freshness      int64                  `json:"freshness,omitifempty"`
+	IgnoreMAD      bool                   `json:"ignore_mad"`
 	HistoricalData dashboardMetricHistory `json:"history,omitifempty"`
 	Meta           dashboardMetricMeta    `json:"meta,omitifempty"`
 }
@@ -166,6 +167,14 @@ func (dm *dashboardMetric) StatisticalStatus() string {
 	return "OK"
 }
 
+func (dm *dashboardMetric) PreferredStatus() string {
+	if dm.IgnoreMAD {
+		return dm.Status
+	}
+
+	return dm.StatisticalStatus()
+}
+
 func (dm *dashboardMetric) LabelHistory() []string {
 	s := []string{}
 
@@ -201,6 +210,7 @@ func (dm *dashboardMetric) Update(m *dashboardMetric) {
 	dm.Description = m.Description
 	dm.Status = m.Status
 	dm.Value = m.Value
+	dm.IgnoreMAD = m.IgnoreMAD
 	if m.Expires != 0 {
 		dm.Expires = m.Expires
 	}

templates/dashboard.html

@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@
       </div>
     {% else %}
       {% for metric in metrics %}
-        {% if metric.StatisticalStatus == "OK" %}
+        {% if metric.PreferredStatus == "OK" %}
         <div class="row alert alert-success">
-        {% elif metric.StatisticalStatus == "Warning" %}
+        {% elif metric.PreferredStatus == "Warning" %}
         <div class="row alert alert-warning">
-        {% elif metric.StatisticalStatus == "Critical" %}
+        {% elif metric.PreferredStatus == "Critical" %}
         <div class="row alert alert-danger">
         {% else %}
         <div class="row alert alert-info">