From 9b7e38cc194108d93059e67520aa47f3fd937e2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cwasicki <126617870+cwasicki@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:13:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Support requesting no metrics in CLI tools

The service will soon support requesting states without a metric. This
adds support for this feature in the CLI tool.
---
 RELEASE_NOTES.md                          | 1 +
 src/frequenz/client/reporting/__main__.py | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index b2cb7c2..59c1c12 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 ## New Features
 
+* The CLI tool supports requesting component states without metrics.
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/src/frequenz/client/reporting/__main__.py b/src/frequenz/client/reporting/__main__.py
index 296858f..f922ddd 100644
--- a/src/frequenz/client/reporting/__main__.py
+++ b/src/frequenz/client/reporting/__main__.py
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--metrics",
         type=str,
-        nargs="+",
+        nargs="*",
         choices=[e.name for e in Metric],
         help="List of metrics to process",
-        required=True,
+        required=False,
+        default=[],
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--states",