Re: index items for pg_stat_progress_xxx views

On 2020/12/01 14:14, Shinya11.Kato@nttdata.com wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The index items for pg_stat_progress_xxx views point to the
>>>>>> "Viewing Statistics" section, but not to the dedicated section
>>>>>> (e.g., "ANALYZE Progress
>>>>>> Reporting") for each view. IMO this is very inconvenient when
>>>>>> finding the section describing each pg_stat_progress_xxx view, from the
>> index.
>>>>>> So what about adding new pointer to the section for each view in the
>> index?
>>>>>> Patch attached.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, other stats views have both pointers in the index.
>>>>>
>>>>> When setting an <indexterm>, it's better to set the zone attribute
>>>>> to indicate
>>>> which section it's associated with.
>>>>>
>>>>> For example,
>>>>>     <indexterm zone="analyze-progress-reporting">
>>>>>       <primary>pg_stat_progress_analyze</primary>
>>>>>     </indexterm>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the review!
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking that the zone attribute doesn't need to be specified
>>>> because the indexterm is defined under the section that the indexterm
>>>> tries to point to. You can see the same situation at, for example,
>>>> the section and indexterm of pg_stat_database. If I'm missing
>>>> something, could you tell me why the zone attribute is necessary in this case?
>>>
>>> I looked at lines 132-137 of monitoring.sgml, and I saw that zone is set for
>> indexterm after <sect1>.
>>> However, I haven't found the zone set for indexterm after <sect2>, so you may
>> be right.
>>
>> So you agree not to add zone attribute in this case?
> 
> Yes, I think it's nice.

So I pushed the patch. Thanks!

Regards,

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