title: Azure Diagnostic - how to get performance counter raw data
body: <p>i am looking for a way to get the raw data from a performance counter in windows azure</p>
  
  <p>using the diagnostic api.</p>
  
  <p>so far I've noticed that i can configured a counter from the known counters</p>
  
  <p>and set the sampling rate for that counter.</p>
  
  <p>Is the sampling rate configured in the diagnostics configuration is the sampling rate</p>
  
  <p>that the counter calculation is based on ?</p>
  
  <p>if not how can i get the raw data for that counter, since i want to get the cpu user time (for example)</p>
  
  <p>and do the calculation by myself.</p>
  
  <p>thanks</p>