diff --git a/PyTangoArchiving/hdbpp/config.py b/PyTangoArchiving/hdbpp/config.py
index 0958bd8..57e6d67 100644
--- a/PyTangoArchiving/hdbpp/config.py
+++ b/PyTangoArchiving/hdbpp/config.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def get_manager(self, db_name='', prop=''):
         return dp
     
     @Cached(expire=60.)
-    def get_archivers(self, from_db = True):
+    def get_subscribers(self, from_db = True):
         """
         If not got from_db, the manager may limit the list available
         """
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ def get_archivers(self, from_db = True):
             raise Exception('%s Manager not running'%self.manager)
 
         return [d for d in p if d.strip()]
+
+    def get_archivers(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """ alias to get_subscribers """
+        return self.get_subscribers(*args,**kwargs)
     
     @Cached(expire=5.)
     def get_archiver_attributes(self, archiver, from_db=False, full=False):
@@ -257,7 +261,10 @@ def get_archiver_errors(self,archiver):
         return dict((a,e) for a,e in zip(al,er) if e)
     
     def get_archiver_load(self,archiver,use_freq=True):
-
+        """
+        if use_freq=True, returns attribute record frequency
+        if false, returns attribute list size
+        """
         if use_freq:
             return fn.tango.read_attribute(archiver+'/attributerecordfreq')
         else:
@@ -350,9 +357,9 @@ def get_attributes_by_table(self,table='',as_id=False):
                 "  where att_conf_data_type_id = %s" % (w,i))) for t,i in types)        
         
     @Cached(depth=10,expire=60.)
-    def get_archived_attributes(self,search=''):
+    def get_subscribed_attributes(self,search=''):
         """
-        It gets attributes currently assigned to archiver and updates
+        It gets attributes currently assigned to subscribers and updates
         internal attribute/archiver index.
         
         DONT USE Manager.AttributeSearch, it is limited to 1024 attrs!
@@ -360,7 +367,7 @@ def get_archived_attributes(self,search=''):
         #print('get_archived_attributes(%s)'%str(search))
         attrs = []
         [self.get_archiver_attributes(d,from_db=True) 
-            for d in self.get_archivers()]
+            for d in self.get_subscribers()]
         for d,dattrs in self.dedicated.items():
             for a in dattrs:
                 self.attributes[a].archiver = d
@@ -368,6 +375,12 @@ def get_archived_attributes(self,search=''):
                     attrs.append(a)
         return attrs        
     
+    def get_archived_attributes(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        alias to get_subscribed_attributes, to be overloaded in subclasses
+        """
+        return self.get_subscribed_attributes(*args, **kwargs)
+ 
     def get_attribute_ID(self,attr):
         # returns only 1 ID
         return self.get_attributes_IDs(attr,as_dict=0)[0][1]
@@ -605,7 +618,7 @@ def add_attribute(self,attribute,archiver=None,period=0,
         """
         set _event arguments to -1 to ignore them and not modify the database
         
-        
+        code_event will be set to True if no other event is setup
         """
         attribute = parse_tango_model(attribute,fqdn=True).fullname
         archiver = archiver or self.get_next_archiver(
diff --git a/PyTangoArchiving/hdbpp/periodic.py b/PyTangoArchiving/hdbpp/periodic.py
index ec2e187..47b71ce 100755
--- a/PyTangoArchiving/hdbpp/periodic.py
+++ b/PyTangoArchiving/hdbpp/periodic.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def get_archived_attributes(self,search='',periodic=True):
         DONT USE Manager.AttributeSearch, it is limited to 1024 attrs!
         """
         #print('get_archived_attributes(%s)'%str(search))
-        attrs = HDBppDB.get_archived_attributes(self, search)
+        attrs = HDBppDB.get_subscribed_attributes(self, search)
         if periodic:
             attrs.extend(self.get_periodic_attributes())
         return sorted(set(fn.tango.get_full_name(a,fqdn=True).lower()
@@ -201,4 +201,4 @@ def clear_periodic_caches(self):
         self.get_periodic_archiver_attributes.cache.clear()
         self.get_periodic_archivers_attributes.cache.clear()
         self.get_periodic_attribute_archiver.cache.clear()
-        self.get_periodic_attribute_period.cache.clear()
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+        self.get_periodic_attribute_period.cache.clear()