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Werk #12995: Graph don't confuse metrics names that are like numbers for values

Component User interface
Title Graph don't confuse metrics names that are like numbers for values
Date Aug 3, 2021
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.1.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.0.0p9 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Some users name in local checks metrics that represent Network subnets, by the subnet numbers, eg. "10.172". Although it could be considered a poor naming practice checkmk now manages to recognize them as metric names out of the performance data instead as values.

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