code: def getMetricPath(self):
          
          # If we don't have a host name, assume it's just the fourth+ part of the
          # metric path
          if self.host is None:
              path = self.path.split('.')[3:]
              return '.'.join(path)
  
          prefix = '.'.join([self.getPathPrefix(), self.host,
                             self.getCollectorPath()])
  
          offset = len(prefix) + 1
          return self.path[offset:]
docs: Returns the metric path after the collector name
              servers.host.cpu.total.idle
              return "total.idle"