From 0e73fed0f01ee55f3b558abc0fdc6a1df015359b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niranjan Mahabaleshwar
 <109181518+nmahabaleshwar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:37:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Provide clarification on the field component_name

---
 acctz/acctz.proto | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/acctz/acctz.proto b/acctz/acctz.proto
index 06df42a..59b1074 100644
--- a/acctz/acctz.proto
+++ b/acctz/acctz.proto
@@ -324,7 +324,14 @@ message RecordResponse {
   // accomplish the request on the system.
   repeated string task_ids = 7;
 
-  // Name of the component where the accounting record originated from
+  // Name of the component in a vendor system configuration where the accounting
+  // record originated from. This helps to indentify the source of the accouting
+  // record when multiple components can generate them. This is how the
+  // component is identified in the components hierarchy in the
+  // openconfig-platform model.
+  // For reference: /components/component[name="chassis0"]
+  // Eg: component_name = "linecard0"
+  //     component_name = "chassis0"
   string component_name = 8;
 }