From 8ddf6320dd2d82d47fc616a0f23f891b234f1b27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Gudmundsson <dgud@erlang.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:41:35 +0100
Subject: observer: Add a max carrier size column

Users wanted to see the maximum value seen by observer during it's uptime.
Note changes faster than the sample rate will still be missed.
---
 lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/observer/doc')

diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml
index 6eb72f3e58..ae85ab7a29 100644
--- a/lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml
+++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/observer_ug.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@
     see module
     <seealso marker="erts:erts_alloc"><c>erts_alloc</c></seealso>
     in application ERTS.</p>
+    <p>The <c>Max Carrier size</c> column shows the maximum value seen by observer
+    since the last node change or since the start of the application, i.e. switching
+    nodes will reset the max column. Values are sampled so higher values may have
+    existed than what is shown.
+    </p>
   </section>
 
   <section>
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