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diff --git a/backends/prometheus/README.md b/backends/prometheus/README.md index 8cf83cbf..4a6cbfee 100644 --- a/backends/prometheus/README.md +++ b/backends/prometheus/README.md @@ -373,6 +373,14 @@ netdata sends all metrics prefixed with `netdata_`. You can change this in `netd It can also be changed from the URL, by appending `&prefix=netdata`. +### Metric Units + +The default source `average` adds the unit of measurement to the name of each metric (e.g. `_KiB_persec`). +To hide the units and get the same metric names as with the other sources, append to the URL `&hideunits=yes`. + +The units were standardized in v1.12, with the effect of changing the metric names. +To get the metric names as they were before v1.12, append to the URL `&oldunits=yes` + ### Accuracy of `average` and `sum` data sources When the data source is set to `average` or `sum`, netdata remembers the last access of each client accessing prometheus metrics and uses this last access time to respond with the `average` or `sum` of all the entries in the database since that. This means that prometheus servers are not losing data when they access netdata with data source = `average` or `sum`. |