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PMADDDERIVEDTEXT(3) Library Functions Manual PMADDDERIVEDTEXT(3)

NAME top

   **pmAddDerivedText** - add help text for a derived metric

C SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <pcp/pmapi.h>**

   **int pmAddDerivedText(const char ***_name_**, int** _type_**, const char**
   *****_text_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   Derived metrics provide a way of extending the Performance Metrics
   Name Space (PMNS) with new metrics defined at the PCP client-side
   using expressions over the existing performance metrics.  Global
   derived metrics are defined using [pmRegisterDerived(3)](../man3/pmRegisterDerived.3.html) or
   [pmRegisterDerivedMetric(3)](../man3/pmRegisterDerivedMetric.3.html) or [pmLoadDerivedConfig(3)](../man3/pmLoadDerivedConfig.3.html), and per-
   context derived metrics are defined using [pmAddDerived(3)](../man3/pmAddDerived.3.html) or
   [pmAddDerivedMetric(3)](../man3/pmAddDerivedMetric.3.html).

   Once a derived metric has been defined, **pmAddDerivedText** may be
   used to associate the help _text_ with the derived metric identified
   by _name_.

   Help text may be a ``one line'' summary or a more verbose ``multi-
   line'' block of text, and _type_ should be **PM_TEXT_ONELINE** or
   **PM_TEXT_HELP** respectively.  To associate both styles of help text
   with a derived metric, **pmAddDerivedText** would need to be called
   twice with different values for _type_.

   Once a particular _type_ of help text has been associated with a
   derived metric it cannot be deleted or redefined.

   Applications using the Performance Metrics Application Programming
   Interface (PMAPI) are able to retrieve help text for specific
   metrics using [pmLookupText(3)](../man3/pmLookupText.3.html).

DIAGNOSTICS top

   **pmAddDerivedText** returns zero on success, else an error code.

   The return value **PM_ERR_NAME** indicates _name_ does not correspond to
   a previously defined derived metric.

   Repeated calls for the same _name_ and _type_ will result a return
   value of **PM_ERR_TEXT**.

   A return value of **PM_ERR_ARG** indicates that _type_ is not one of the
   expected values.

SEE ALSO top

   [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html), [pmAddDerived(3)](../man3/pmAddDerived.3.html), [pmAddDerivedMetric(3)](../man3/pmAddDerivedMetric.3.html), [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html),
   [pmLoadDerivedConfig(3)](../man3/pmLoadDerivedConfig.3.html), [pmLookupText(3)](../man3/pmLookupText.3.html), [pmRegisterDerived(3)](../man3/pmRegisterDerived.3.html),
   [pmRegisterDerivedMetric(3)](../man3/pmRegisterDerivedMetric.3.html) and [PMNS(5)](../man5/PMNS.5.html).

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