From 167995776fa05396f8717034c67d3c939ba2aa69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Lee Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:30:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update to tag alias ref #9024 --- docs/sources/features/datasources/influxdb.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/features/datasources/influxdb.md b/docs/sources/features/datasources/influxdb.md index 3f86b9ee703..8f4f5981124 100644 --- a/docs/sources/features/datasources/influxdb.md +++ b/docs/sources/features/datasources/influxdb.md @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ You can switch to raw query mode by clicking hamburger icon and then `Switch edi - $m = replaced with measurement name - $measurement = replaced with measurement name - $col = replaced with column name -- $tag_exampletag = replaced with the value of the `exampletag` tag. To use your tag as an alias in the ALIAS BY field then the tag must be used to group by in the query. +- $tag_exampletag = replaced with the value of the `exampletag` tag. The syntax is `$tag_yourTagName` (must start with `$tag_`). To use your tag as an alias in the ALIAS BY field then the tag must be used to group by in the query. - You can also use [[tag_hostname]] pattern replacement syntax. For example, in the ALIAS BY field using this text `Host: [[tag_hostname]]` would substitute in the `hostname` tag value for each legend value and an example legend value would be: `Host: server1`. ### Table query / raw data