diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/direct-db-connection.md b/docs/sources/reference/direct-db-connection.md index 30a06c5..9e99568 100644 --- a/docs/sources/reference/direct-db-connection.md +++ b/docs/sources/reference/direct-db-connection.md @@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ panel with in pixels. Thus, Grafana always gets data in necessary resolution. ## Functions usage with Direct DB Connection -There's only one function affecting backend. This function is `consolidateBy`. It changes what data comes from -the backend. Other functions still work on the client side and transform data come from the backend. So you should -clearly understand that you work with pre-aggregated data (by AVG, MAX, MIN, etc). For example, you want to group -values by 1 hour interval and `max` function. But if you just apply `groupBy(10m, max)` function, result will be wrong, -because you transform data aggregated by default `AVG` function. You should use `consolidateBy(max)` coupled with -`groupBy(10m, max)` in order to get precise result. +There's only one function affecting the backend. This function is `consolidateBy`. It changes what data comes from +the backend. Other functions still work on the client side and transform data that comes from the backend. So you should +clearly understand that this is pre-aggregated data (by AVG, MAX, MIN, etc). + +For example, say you want to group values by 1 hour interval and `max` function. If you just apply `groupBy(10m, max)` function, your result will be wrong, because you would transform data aggregated by default `AVG` function. You should use `consolidateBy(max)` coupled with `groupBy(10m, max)` in order to get a precise result.