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Using "dot" in tree/metric name

Asked by Bill

Hi,
Apologies if this has been answered before.

 Is it possible to use a dot "." as a metric/tree name??

example: Test."my.name".metric

    Test/
         |
        my.name/
                |
             metric

I've tried escaping it before sending into carbon, but it doesn't work.
Thanks.

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cbrinley (cbrinley) said : 		#1

This has traditionally been a disallowed character. I dont think anything
has changed with that but please give time for others to chime in if that
is no longer true.
On Mar 21, 2012 5:26 PM, "Bill" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> New question #191343 on Graphite:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/191343
>
> Hi,
> Apologies if this has been answered before.
>
> Is it possible to use a dot "." as a metric/tree name??
>
> example: Test."my.name".metric
>
> Test/
> |
> my.name/
> |
> metric
>
> I've tried escaping it before sending into carbon, but it doesn't work.
> Thanks.
>
>
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Bill (bnyec) said : 		#2

hrmf, "Feature Request" perhaps ?? :)

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Bill (bnyec) said : 		#3

hrmf, "Feature Request" perhaps ?? :)

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Best cbrinley (cbrinley) said : 		#4

As a potential work around typically what i have seen is people convert the
dot "." to and underscore "_" or similar before sending the data. Common
case would be FQDN. foo.bar.baz -> foo_bar_baz. Its not optimal in some
cases but at least you get that data in the system in a consistent manner.

As far as getting this in as a feature request I'd suggest opening a bug.
I don't think there is a specific avenue to request features separate from
bugs.

And finally the obligatory, patches are always welcome. :)

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Bill <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Question #191343 on Graphite changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/191343
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> Bill is still having a problem:
> hrmf, "Feature Request" perhaps ?? :)
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Bill (bnyec) said : 		#5

Thanks cbrinley, that solved my question.