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diff --git a/docs/Charts.md b/docs/Charts.md index 64c36302f..42ac4453b 100644 --- a/docs/Charts.md +++ b/docs/Charts.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Before configuring an alarm or writing a collector, it's important to understand ## Charts -Each chart that you see on the netdata dashboard contains one or more dimensions, one for each collected or calculated metric. +Each chart that you see on the Netdata dashboard contains one or more dimensions, one for each collected or calculated metric. The chart name or chart id is what you see in parentheses at the top left corner of the chart you are interested in. For example, if you go to the system cpu chart: `http://your.netdata.ip:19999/#menu_system_submenu_cpu`, you will see at the top left of the chart the label "Total CPU utilization (system.cpu)". In this case, the chart name is `system.cpu`. @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Most charts depict more than one dimensions. The dimensions of a chart are calle When you have several instances of a monitored hardware or software resource (e.g. network interfaces, mysql instances etc.), you need to be able to identify each one separately. Netdata uses "families" to identify such instances. For example, if I have the network interfaces `eth0` and `eth1`, `eth0` will be one family, and `eth1` will be another. -The reasoning behind calling these instances "families" is that different charts for the same instance can and many times are related (relatives, family, you get it). The family of a chart is usually the name of the netdata dashboard submenu that you see selected on the right navigation pane, when you are looking at a chart. For the example of the two network interfaces, you would see a submenu `eth0` and a submenu `eth1` under the "Network Interfaces" menu on the right navigation pane. +The reasoning behind calling these instances "families" is that different charts for the same instance can and many times are related (relatives, family, you get it). The family of a chart is usually the name of the Netdata dashboard submenu that you see selected on the right navigation pane, when you are looking at a chart. For the example of the two network interfaces, you would see a submenu `eth0` and a submenu `eth1` under the "Network Interfaces" menu on the right navigation pane. ## Contexts |