feat(influxdb): More alias options, can now use syntax to reference part of a measurement name (seperated by dots), closes #2599

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ it allows you to add queries of differnet data source types & instances to the s
 - [Issue #2577](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2577). Panel: Resize handles in panel bottom right corners for easy width and height change
 - [Issue #2457](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2457). Admin: admin page for all grafana organizations (list / edit view)
 - [Issue #1186](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/1186). Time Picker: New option `today`, will set time range from midnight to now
+- [Issue #1186](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/1186). Time Picker: New option `today`, will set time range from midnight to now
 
 **Fixes**
 - [Issue #2413](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2413). InfluxDB 0.9: Fix for handling empty series object in response from influxdb
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ it allows you to add queries of differnet data source types & instances to the s
 - [Issue #2564](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2564). Templating: Another atempt at fixing #2534 (Init multi value template var used in repeat panel from url)
 - [Issue #2620](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2620). Graph: multi series tooltip did no highlight correct point when stacking was enabled and series were of different resolution
 - [Issue #2636](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2636). InfluxDB: Do no show template vars in dropdown for tag keys and group by keys
-- [Issue #2651](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2651). InfluxDB: Fixed issue when using the eye to disable queries in the query editor and when applying aliases
+- [Issue #2599](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2599). InfluxDB: More alias options, can now use `$[0-9]` syntax to reference part of a measurement name (seperated by dots)
 
 **Breaking Changes**
 - Notice to makers/users of custom data sources, there is a minor breaking change in 2.2 that

public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js

@@ -56,12 +56,15 @@ function (_) {
 
   p._getSeriesName = function(series, index) {
     var regex = /\$(\w+)|\[\[([\s\S]+?)\]\]/g;
+    var segments = series.name.split('.');
 
     return this.alias.replace(regex, function(match, g1, g2) {
       var group = g1 || g2;
+      var segIndex = parseInt(group, 10)
 
       if (group === 'm' || group === 'measurement') { return series.name; }
       if (group === 'col') { return series.columns[index]; }
+      if (!isNaN(segIndex)) { return segments[segIndex]; }
       if (group.indexOf('tag_') !== 0) { return match; }
 
       var tag = group.replace('tag_', '');

public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.options.html

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 			<ul>
 				<li>$m = replaced with measurement name</li>
 				<li>$measurement = replaced with measurement name</li>
+				<li>$1 - $9 = replaced with part of measurement name (if you seperate your measurement name with dots)</li>
 				<li>$col = replaced with column name</li>
 				<li>$tag_hostname = replaced with the value of the hostname tag</li>
 				<li>You can also use [[tag_hostname]] pattern replacement syntax</li>

public/test/specs/influxSeries-specs.js

@@ -157,6 +157,24 @@ define([
 
     });
 
+    describe('given measurement with dots', function() {
+      var options = { series: [
+        {
+          name: 'app.prod.server1.count',
+          tags:  {},
+          columns: ['time', 'mean'],
+          values: [[1431946625000, 10], [1431946626000, 12]]
+        }
+      ]};
+
+      it('should replace patterns', function() {
+          options.alias = 'alias: $1 -> [[3]]';
+          var series = new InfluxSeries(options);
+          var result = series.getTimeSeries();
+
+          expect(result[0].target).to.be('alias: prod -> count');
+      });
+    });
   });
 
 });