Mention serial numbers in chart names in the plugins.d API documentation (#12733)
Vladimir Kobal committed
Apr 25, 2022 at 09:46 UTC
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@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ the template is:
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- `name`
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- is the name that will be presented to the user instead of `id` in `type.id`. This means that only the `id` part of `type.id` is changed. When a name has been given, the chart is index (and can be referred) as both `type.id` and `type.name`. You can set name to `''`, or `null`, or `(null)` to disable it.
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+ is the name that will be presented to the user instead of `id` in `type.id`. This means that only the `id` part of
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+ `type.id` is changed. When a name has been given, the chart is indexed (and can be referred) as both `type.id` and
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+ `type.name`. You can set name to `''`, or `null`, or `(null)` to disable it. If a chart with the same name already
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+ exists, a serial number is automatically attached to the name to avoid naming collisions.
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- `title`
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