small improvement for reducing the complexity of the graphs:

Author: FlyingBird95

flask_monitoringdashboard/core/utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pkg_resources
 from flask import url_for
 from werkzeug.routing import BuildError
+import numpy as np
 
 from flask_monitoringdashboard import config
 from flask_monitoringdashboard.database.endpoint import get_monitor_rule
@@ -52,3 +53,13 @@ def get_url(end):
         return url_for(end)
     except BuildError:
         return None
+
+
+def simplify(values, n=5):
+    """
+    Simplify a list of values. It returns a list that is representative for the input
+    :param values: list of values
+    :param n: length of the returned list
+    :return: list with n values: min, q1, median, q3, max
+    """
+    return [np.percentile(values, i * 100 // (n-1)) for i in range(n)]

flask_monitoringdashboard/views/dashboard/endpoints.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from flask_monitoringdashboard import blueprint
 from flask_monitoringdashboard.core.auth import secure
 from flask_monitoringdashboard.core.plot import get_layout, get_figure, boxplot, get_margin
+from flask_monitoringdashboard.core.utils import simplify
 from flask_monitoringdashboard.database.function_calls import get_endpoints, get_data_per_endpoint
 
 TITLE = 'Global execution time for every endpoint'
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def get_boxplot_per_endpoint():
     for endpoint in endpoints:
         values = [c.execution_time for c in get_data_per_endpoint(endpoint)]
         if values:
-            data.append(boxplot(values, name=endpoint))
+            data.append(boxplot(simplify(values, 10), name=endpoint))
 
     layout = get_layout(
         height=350 + 40 * len(endpoints),

flask_monitoringdashboard/views/dashboard/requests.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def get_stacked_bar(form):
         showlegend=True,
         title=TITLE,
         xaxis={'title': 'Number of requests'},
-        yaxis={'autorange': 'reversed'}
+        yaxis={'type': 'category', 'autorange': 'reversed'}
     )
 
     return get_figure(layout=layout, data=data)

flask_monitoringdashboard/views/dashboard/versions.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from flask import render_template
 
 from flask_monitoringdashboard import blueprint
+from flask_monitoringdashboard.core.utils import simplify
 from flask_monitoringdashboard.core.colors import get_color
 from flask_monitoringdashboard.core.auth import secure
 from flask_monitoringdashboard.core.plot import boxplot, get_layout, get_figure, get_margin
@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@ def get_boxplot_per_version():
     for version in versions:
         values = [c.execution_time for c in get_data_per_version(version)]
         name = "{} {}".format(version, get_date_first_request(version).strftime("%b %d %H:%M"))
-        data.append(boxplot(name=name, values=values, marker={'color': get_color(version)}))
+        data.append(boxplot(name=name, values=simplify(values, 10), marker={'color': get_color(version)}))
 
     layout = get_layout(
         height=350 + 40 * len(versions),
         title=TITLE,
         xaxis={'title': 'Execution time (ms)'},
-        yaxis={'autorange': 'reversed'},
+        yaxis={'type': 'category', 'autorange': 'reversed'},
         margin=get_margin()
     )
     return get_figure(layout=layout, data=data)