parser: Let the TIMESERIES command accept optional data-source names.

[sysdb.git] / doc / sysdbql.7.txt

diff --git a/doc/sysdbql.7.txt b/doc/sysdbql.7.txt
index 587cd6cc72bee0fe71d2f046480bea47aa9f59de..9c8b3057cf062eea4ca7fe9720bd9483cdbe5e39 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sysdbql.7.txt
+++ b/doc/sysdbql.7.txt
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ objects matching that filter will be included in the reply. See the sections
 the search and filter conditions.
 
 *TIMESERIES* '<hostname>'.'<metric>' [START '<datetime>'] [END '<datetime>']::
+*TIMESERIES* '<hostname>'.'<metric>'\[<data-source, ...\] [START '<datetime>'] [END '<datetime>']::
 Retrieve a time-series for the specified host's metric. The data is retrieved
 from a backend data-store based on information provided by the respective
 query plugin. The return value includes the actual start and end time of the
-time-series and one or multiple sequences of time-stamp / value pairs. If the
-metric does not exist or if the backend data-store is not supported, an error
-is returned.
+time-series and one or multiple sequences of time-stamp / value pairs. If any
+data-source names have been specified, only those data-sources will be
+returned. If the metric or a specified data-source does not exist or if the
+backend data-store is not supported, an error is returned.
 
 MATCHING clause
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~