Migrate query from influx 0.8 to 1.7.4

I have an existing query but it seems thata merge() is deprecated in 1.7?

select sum(totalRequests) from merge(/aggr.metrics1.system.environment.ace.perf.production-(.+).inbound.nginx-logger.column_statusCode.ALL.1m$/) where $timeFilter group by time($interval) order asc

i have measurements that look like:

[
“aggr.metrics1.system.environment.ace.perf.demo4.inbound.nginx-logger.column_statusCode.ALL.1m”
],
[
“aggr.metrics1.system.environment.ace.perf.demo4.inbound.nginx-logger.column_statusCode.ALL.1m.column_urlCategory.Account”
],
[
“aggr.metrics1.system.environment.ace.perf.demo4.inbound.nginx-logger.column_statusCode.ALL.1m.column_urlCategory.Analytics”
],
[
“aggr.metrics1.system.environment.ace.perf.demo4.inbound.nginx-logger.column_statusCode.ALL.1m.column_urlCategory.Billing”
],

when i try the same query in 1.7.4 i get:

error parsing query: found (, expected regex at line 1, char 37

Hi ,
Here you can see the same problem and an answer why that doesn’t work anymore …

Merge problem