diff --git a/src/app/partials/influxdb/editor.html b/src/app/partials/influxdb/editor.html
index 9079caa04a9..8036aa6be68 100644
--- a/src/app/partials/influxdb/editor.html
+++ b/src/app/partials/influxdb/editor.html
@@ -153,5 +153,18 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
+
+  <div class="pull-left" style="margin-top: 30px;">
+    <div class="span6">
+      <span>
+        <i class="icon-question-sign"></i> alias patterns:
+        <ul>
+          <li>$s = seriesName</li>
+          <li>$g = group by value</li>
+          <li>$[0-9] part of series name for series names seperated by dots.</li>
+        <ul>
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/src/app/partials/metrics.html b/src/app/partials/metrics.html
index 02654ebdc90..1a5d6ed5d1d 100644
--- a/src/app/partials/metrics.html
+++ b/src/app/partials/metrics.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div ng-include src="datasource.editorSrc"></div>
 
 
-<div class="editor-row" style="margin-top: 20px">
+<div class="editor-row" style="margin-top: 30px">
   <button class="btn btn-success pull-right" ng-click="add_target(panel.target)">Add query</button>
 
   <div class="btn-group pull-right" style="margin-right: 10px;">
diff --git a/src/app/services/influxdb/influxSeries.js b/src/app/services/influxdb/influxSeries.js
index 0b54577ce4e..c4e9a346422 100644
--- a/src/app/services/influxdb/influxSeries.js
+++ b/src/app/services/influxdb/influxSeries.js
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ function (_) {
           datapoints[i] = [metricValue, groupPoints[i][timeCol]];
         }
 
-        seriesName = series.name + '.' + key;
+        seriesName = series.name;
 
         if (self.alias) {
-          seriesName = self.createNameForSeries(series.name, series.columns[valueCol], key);
+          seriesName = self.createNameForSeries(series.name, key);
         }
 
         output.push({ target: seriesName, datapoints: datapoints });
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ function (_) {
     return output;
   };
 
-  p.createNameForSeries = function(seriesName, columnName, groupByColValue) {
+  p.createNameForSeries = function(seriesName, groupByColValue) {
     var name = this.alias
-      .replace('$s', seriesName)
-      .replace('$c', columnName);
+      .replace('$s', seriesName);
 
     var segments = seriesName.split('.');
     for (var i = 0; i < segments.length; i++) {
diff --git a/src/test/specs/influxSeries-specs.js b/src/test/specs/influxSeries-specs.js
index 6d747e17f71..489450547f7 100644
--- a/src/test/specs/influxSeries-specs.js
+++ b/src/test/specs/influxSeries-specs.js
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ define([
 
       it('should generate two time series', function() {
         expect(result.length).to.be(2);
-        expect(result[0].target).to.be('prod.server1.cpu.mean');
+        expect(result[0].target).to.be('prod.server1.cpu');
         expect(result[0].datapoints[0][0]).to.be(10);
         expect(result[0].datapoints[0][1]).to.be(1402596000);
         expect(result[0].datapoints[1][0]).to.be(12);
         expect(result[0].datapoints[1][1]).to.be(1402596001);
 
-        expect(result[1].target).to.be('prod.server2.cpu.mean');
+        expect(result[1].target).to.be('prod.server2.cpu');
         expect(result[1].datapoints[0][0]).to.be(15);
         expect(result[1].datapoints[0][1]).to.be(1402596000);
         expect(result[1].datapoints[1][0]).to.be(16);
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ define([
             points: [[1402596000, 10, 1], [1402596001, 12, 2]]
           }
         ],
-        alias: '$s.$c'
+        alias: '$s.testing'
       });
 
       var result = series.getTimeSeries();
 
       it('should generate correct series name', function() {
-        expect(result[0].target).to.be('prod.server1.cpu.mean');
+        expect(result[0].target).to.be('prod.server1.cpu.testing');
       });
 
     });
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ define([
             points: [[1402596000, 10, 1], [1402596001, 12, 2]]
           }
         ],
-        alias: '$1'
+        alias: '$1.mean'
       });
 
       var result = series.getTimeSeries();
 
       it('should generate correct series name', function() {
-        expect(result[0].target).to.be('server1');
+        expect(result[0].target).to.be('server1.mean');
       });
 
     });
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ define([
 
       it('should generate two time series', function() {
         expect(result.length).to.be(2);
-        expect(result[0].target).to.be('prod.cpu.A');
+        expect(result[0].target).to.be('prod.cpu');
         expect(result[0].datapoints[0][0]).to.be(10);
         expect(result[0].datapoints[0][1]).to.be(1402596000);
         expect(result[0].datapoints[1][0]).to.be(11);
         expect(result[0].datapoints[1][1]).to.be(1402596001);
 
-        expect(result[1].target).to.be('prod.cpu.B');
+        expect(result[1].target).to.be('prod.cpu');
         expect(result[1].datapoints[0][0]).to.be(5);
         expect(result[1].datapoints[0][1]).to.be(1402596000);
         expect(result[1].datapoints[1][0]).to.be(6);