X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?p=sysdb.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsysdbql.7.txt;h=9c8b3057cf062eea4ca7fe9720bd9483cdbe5e39;hp=9a16e23a4593f58f7ca582728e4828b6d68205aa;hb=HEAD;hpb=b34c3a74068217ebeeb25954543d6693cc91c6c8 diff --git a/doc/sysdbql.7.txt b/doc/sysdbql.7.txt index 9a16e23..9c8b305 100644 --- 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* ''.'' [START ''] [END '']:: +*TIMESERIES* ''.''\['] [END '']:: 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -129,6 +131,13 @@ Boolean expressions may use the following operators: expression evaluates to NULL if the queried object does not exist (e.g., when accessing an attribute value). +'' *IS TRUE*:: +'' *IS NOT TRUE*:: +'' *IS FALSE*:: +'' *IS NOT FALSE*:: + Check whether an expression evaluates to a boolean *true* or *false* value + (or not). + '' *IN* '':: '' *NOT IN* '':: Checks whether the value of the first expression is included in the value @@ -177,6 +186,17 @@ The following fields may be queried: an attribute value with some other value, the two values will be cast to strings before comparing them. +*value*:: + *(Attributes only)* The value of an attribute. Attributes may be accessed + by iterating the values of the parent object and this field provides + access to its value in that case. See *attribute[*''*]* above for + details about how to handle attribute values. + +*timeseries*:: + *(Metrics only)* A boolean value indicating whether a backend data-store + for fetching time-series information is known to SysDB. See the section + "Metrics and Time-Series" in manpage:sysdb[7] for details. + Field expressions may be applied to parent or child nodes. For example, a host's services are child objects and the host is the parent of the service objects. This is done using typed expressions: @@ -245,7 +265,7 @@ storing the different data types: provided as well. If omitted, the current time on the server will be used instead. -*STORE* metric ''.'' STORE '' '' [*LAST UPDATE* '']:: +*STORE* metric ''.'' STORE '' '' [''] [*LAST UPDATE* '']:: Store a metric and provide information about the metric store associated with it. A metric store describes how to access a metric's data and can be used to retrieve time-series information associated with the metric. See