[opennms-devel] datacollection.xml alias

2012-08-09 Thread jcat
Hi all, Quick question: Do the metric aliases defined in the datacolection.xml file need to be unique? I was under the impression that that did, but by datacollection.xml file is now very large and duplicates are getting harder to avoid (if by accident). Can you confirm if this will impact the

Re: [opennms-devel] datacollection.xml alias

2012-08-09 Thread Jeff Gehlbach
On 08/09/2012 06:52 AM, jcat wrote: > Do the metric aliases defined in the datacolection.xml file need to be > unique? Duplicates are legal here, but it's up to the person introducing them to deal with any collisions created as a result. You will lose for sure if you have duplicate aliases withi

Re: [opennms-devel] datacollection.xml alias

2012-08-09 Thread Just
Jeff - that's great info, thank you. Cheers, Just On 09/08/12 14:47, Jeff Gehlbach wrote: > On 08/09/2012 06:52 AM, jcat wrote: > >> Do the metric aliases defined in the datacolection.xml file need to be >> unique? > Duplicates are legal here, but it's up to the person introducing them to > dea