The issue is that UsageMonitor returns two distinct values. The first is a "Number", the numeric value, and the second is a "String", the name of the item being measured.
So if we look at the log with the measure running:
You get:
So far so good. Now we come to a String meter looking to display that number value:
The problem is that String meters, when bound to a measure with MeasureName, will return the "string" value. In this case, that is _Total. We don't want that, we want the "number" value. In order to get that, let's create a Calc measure to hold the number value:
The Calc measure will by default get the "number" value of any measure used in the Formula option. Then we "bind" the String meter to the Calc measure, which has the same "number" and "string" values, and use that with the numeric formatting options like AutoScale and NumOfDecimals.
So if we look at the log with the measure running:
Code:
[MeasureDiskWriteAll]Measure=PluginPlugin=UsageMonitorCategory=PhysicalDiskCounter="Disk Write Bytes/sec"Name="_Total"So far so good. Now we come to a String meter looking to display that number value:
Code:
[DiskTextDown]Meter=StringMeasureName=MeasureDiskWriteAllX=0rY=(#MyMarginTop#+9)W=60FontColor=255,255,255,255FontSize=8NumOfDecimals=1Text="%1"Code:
[MeasureDiskWriteAll]Measure=PluginPlugin=UsageMonitorCategory=PhysicalDiskCounter="Disk Write Bytes/sec"Name="_Total"[MeasureDiskWriteNumber]Measure=CalcFormula=MeasureDiskWriteAll[DiskTextDown]Meter=StringMeasureName=MeasureDiskWriteNumberX=0rY=(#MyMarginTop#+9)W=60FontColor=255,255,255,255FontSize=8NumOfDecimals=1AutoScale=1Text=%1BStatistics: Posted by jsmorley — Yesterday, 5:26 pm