Storing Metrics "As Is" and then converting them to delta or delta per sec values.

[vlturner]

Ok, I found a way to do this with the aggregate checks, but I have to create a host group for each host. It would be better if the aggregate checks could use either host or host group for these checks.

So the following is the key

The key type is "Zabbix Aggregate"

grpsum["hostname or host group","key","last","0"]

The the key is stored as either a delta or delta per sec.

This way the original "as is data is still available for historical analysis.

[vlturner]

Hostname macro works in the aggregate.

This actually works, so here is the final form.
grpsum["{HOSTNAME}","key","last","0"]

So the new key description is "Key - Delta Per Sec"