diff --git a/expr/expr.go b/expr/expr.go
index 14dcdfe691..b418bfe234 100644
--- a/expr/expr.go
+++ b/expr/expr.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package expr
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -126,6 +127,20 @@ func (e expr) consumeBasicArg(pos int, exp Arg) (int, error) {
 			}
 		}
 		*v.val = got.str
+	case ArgRegex:
+		if got.etype != etString {
+			return 0, ErrBadArgumentStr{"string (regex)", string(got.etype)}
+		}
+		for _, va := range v.validator {
+			if err := va(got); err != nil {
+				return 0, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", v.key, err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+		re, err := regexp.Compile(got.str)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		*v.val = re
 	case ArgBool:
 		if got.etype != etBool {
 			return 0, ErrBadArgumentStr{"string", string(got.etype)}
diff --git a/expr/func_aliassub.go b/expr/func_aliassub.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ac3ea6ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expr/func_aliassub.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package expr
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/raintank/metrictank/api/models"
+)
+
+var groupPython = regexp.MustCompile(`\\(\d+)`)
+
+type FuncAliasSub struct {
+	in      GraphiteFunc
+	search  *regexp.Regexp
+	replace string
+}
+
+func NewAliasSub() GraphiteFunc {
+	return &FuncAliasSub{}
+}
+
+func (s *FuncAliasSub) Signature() ([]Arg, []Arg) {
+	return []Arg{
+		ArgSeriesList{val: &s.in},
+		ArgRegex{key: "search", val: &s.search},
+		ArgString{key: "replace", val: &s.replace},
+	}, []Arg{ArgSeries{}}
+}
+
+func (s *FuncAliasSub) NeedRange(from, to uint32) (uint32, uint32) {
+	return from, to
+}
+
+func (s *FuncAliasSub) Exec(cache map[Req][]models.Series) ([]models.Series, error) {
+	// support native graphite (python) groups like \3 by turning them into ${3}
+	replace := groupPython.ReplaceAllString(s.replace, "$${$1}")
+	series, err := s.in.Exec(cache)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for i := range series {
+		metric := extractMetric(series[i].Target)
+		series[i].Target = s.search.ReplaceAllString(metric, replace)
+	}
+	return series, err
+}
diff --git a/expr/func_aliassub_test.go b/expr/func_aliassub_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f21be8674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expr/func_aliassub_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package expr
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/raintank/metrictank/api/models"
+)
+
+func TestAliasSub(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		search  string
+		replace string
+		in      []string
+		out     []string
+	}{
+		{
+			"this",
+			"that",
+			[]string{"series.name.this.ok"},
+			[]string{"series.name.that.ok"},
+		},
+		{
+			`^.*TCP(\d+)`,
+			`\1`,
+			[]string{"ip-foobar-TCP25", "ip-foobar-TCPfoo"},
+			[]string{"25", "ip-foobar-TCPfoo"},
+		},
+		{
+			".*\\.([^\\.]+)\\.metrics_received.*",
+			"\\1 in",
+			[]string{"metrictank.stats.env.instance.input.pluginname.metrics_received.counter32"},
+			[]string{"pluginname in"},
+		},
+	}
+	for i, c := range cases {
+		f := NewAliasSub()
+		alias := f.(*FuncAliasSub)
+		alias.search = regexp.MustCompile(c.search)
+		alias.replace = c.replace
+		var in []models.Series
+		for _, name := range c.in {
+			in = append(in, models.Series{
+				Target: name,
+			})
+		}
+		alias.in = NewMock(in)
+		got, err := f.Exec(make(map[Req][]models.Series))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("case %d: err should be nil. got %q", i, err)
+		}
+		if len(got) != len(in) {
+			t.Fatalf("case %d: alias output should be same amount of series as input: %d, not %d", i, len(in), len(got))
+		}
+		for i, o := range c.out {
+			g := got[i]
+			if o != g.Target {
+				t.Fatalf("case %d: expected target %q, got %q", i, o, g.Target)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkAliasSub_1(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkAliasSub(b, 1)
+}
+func BenchmarkAliasSub_10(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkAliasSub(b, 10)
+}
+func BenchmarkAliasSub_100(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkAliasSub(b, 100)
+}
+func BenchmarkAliasSub_1000(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkAliasSub(b, 1000)
+}
+
+func benchmarkAliasSub(b *testing.B, numSeries int) {
+	var input []models.Series
+	for i := 0; i < numSeries; i++ {
+		series := models.Series{
+			Target: fmt.Sprintf("metrictank.stats.env.instance.input.plugin%d.metrics_received.counter32", i),
+		}
+		input = append(input, series)
+	}
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		f := NewAliasSub()
+		alias := f.(*FuncAliasSub)
+		alias.search = regexp.MustCompile(".*\\.([^\\.]+)\\.metrics_received.*")
+		alias.replace = "\\1 in"
+		alias.in = NewMock(input)
+		got, err := f.Exec(make(map[Req][]models.Series))
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("%s", err)
+		}
+		results = got
+	}
+}
diff --git a/expr/func_divideseries.go b/expr/func_divideseries.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b247160144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expr/func_divideseries.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package expr
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+
+	"github.com/raintank/metrictank/api/models"
+	"gopkg.in/raintank/schema.v1"
+)
+
+type FuncDivideSeries struct {
+	dividend GraphiteFunc
+	divisor  GraphiteFunc
+}
+
+func NewDivideSeries() GraphiteFunc {
+	return &FuncDivideSeries{}
+}
+
+func (s *FuncDivideSeries) Signature() ([]Arg, []Arg) {
+	return []Arg{
+		ArgSeriesList{val: &s.dividend},
+		ArgSeries{val: &s.divisor},
+	}, []Arg{ArgSeries{}}
+}
+
+func (s *FuncDivideSeries) NeedRange(from, to uint32) (uint32, uint32) {
+	return from, to
+}
+
+func (s *FuncDivideSeries) Exec(cache map[Req][]models.Series) ([]models.Series, error) {
+	dividends, err := s.dividend.Exec(cache)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	divisors, err := s.divisor.Exec(cache)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(divisors) != 1 {
+		return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("need 1 divisor series, not %d", len(divisors)))
+	}
+	divisor := divisors[0]
+
+	var series []models.Series
+	for _, dividend := range dividends {
+		out := pointSlicePool.Get().([]schema.Point)
+		for i := 0; i < len(dividend.Datapoints); i++ {
+			p := schema.Point{
+				Ts: dividend.Datapoints[i].Ts,
+			}
+			if divisor.Datapoints[i].Val == 0 {
+				p.Val = math.NaN()
+			} else {
+				p.Val = dividend.Datapoints[i].Val / divisor.Datapoints[i].Val
+			}
+			out = append(out, p)
+		}
+		output := models.Series{
+			Target:     fmt.Sprintf("divideSeries(%s,%s)", dividend.Target, divisor.Target),
+			Datapoints: out,
+			Interval:   divisor.Interval,
+		}
+		cache[Req{}] = append(cache[Req{}], output)
+		series = append(series, output)
+	}
+	return series, nil
+}
diff --git a/expr/func_scale.go b/expr/func_scale.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84562721a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/expr/func_scale.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package expr
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/raintank/metrictank/api/models"
+	"gopkg.in/raintank/schema.v1"
+)
+
+type FuncScale struct {
+	in     GraphiteFunc
+	factor float64
+}
+
+func NewScale() GraphiteFunc {
+	return &FuncScale{}
+}
+
+func (s *FuncScale) Signature() ([]Arg, []Arg) {
+	return []Arg{
+			ArgSeriesList{val: &s.in},
+			ArgFloat{key: "factor", val: &s.factor},
+		}, []Arg{
+			ArgSeriesList{},
+		}
+}
+
+func (s *FuncScale) NeedRange(from, to uint32) (uint32, uint32) {
+	return from, to
+}
+
+func (s *FuncScale) Exec(cache map[Req][]models.Series) ([]models.Series, error) {
+	series, err := s.in.Exec(cache)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var outputs []models.Series
+	for _, serie := range series {
+		out := pointSlicePool.Get().([]schema.Point)
+		for _, v := range serie.Datapoints {
+			out = append(out, schema.Point{Val: v.Val * s.factor, Ts: v.Ts})
+		}
+		s := models.Series{
+			Target:     fmt.Sprintf("scale(%s,%f)", serie.Target, s.factor),
+			Datapoints: out,
+			Interval:   serie.Interval,
+		}
+		outputs = append(outputs, s)
+		cache[Req{}] = append(cache[Req{}], s)
+	}
+	return outputs, nil
+}
diff --git a/expr/funcs.go b/expr/funcs.go
index 344b3636de..d6ce2eb40f 100644
--- a/expr/funcs.go
+++ b/expr/funcs.go
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ func init() {
 	funcs = map[string]funcDef{
 		"alias":          {NewAlias, true},
 		"aliasByNode":    {NewAliasByNode, true},
+		"aliasSub":       {NewAliasSub, true},
 		"avg":            {NewAvgSeries, true},
 		"averageSeries":  {NewAvgSeries, true},
 		"consolidateBy":  {NewConsolidateBy, true},
+		"divideSeries":   {NewDivideSeries, true},
 		"movingAverage":  {NewMovingAverage, false},
 		"perSecond":      {NewPerSecond, true},
+		"scale":          {NewScale, true},
 		"smartSummarize": {NewSmartSummarize, false},
 		"sum":            {NewSumSeries, true},
 		"sumSeries":      {NewSumSeries, true},
diff --git a/expr/types.go b/expr/types.go
index 378f0956d9..7553f034fc 100644
--- a/expr/types.go
+++ b/expr/types.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // argument types. to let functions describe their inputs and outputs
 package expr
 
+import "regexp"
+
 // Arg is an argument to a GraphiteFunc
 // note how every implementation has a val property.
 // this property should point to value accessible to the function.
@@ -89,6 +91,17 @@ type ArgString struct {
 func (a ArgString) Key() string    { return a.key }
 func (a ArgString) Optional() bool { return a.opt }
 
+// like string, but should result in a regex
+type ArgRegex struct {
+	key       string
+	opt       bool
+	validator []Validator
+	val       **regexp.Regexp
+}
+
+func (a ArgRegex) Key() string    { return a.key }
+func (a ArgRegex) Optional() bool { return a.opt }
+
 // True or False
 type ArgBool struct {
 	key string