first_time()

URL: llms-txt#first_time()

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Analyze data whose values are designed to monotonically increase, and where any decreases are treated as resets. The counter_agg functions simplify this task, which can be difficult to do in pure SQL.

If it's possible for your readings to decrease as well as increase, use [gauge_agg][gauge_agg] instead.

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