diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoAttributeFiller.h b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoAttributeFiller.h
index c916480d22766bba88082640b823f1ebad1d8270..d60ab27203debb8fa71809c81574d057daff9858 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoAttributeFiller.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoAttributeFiller.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "AthenaBaseComps/AthAlgTool.h"
 
 #include "JetMonitoring/IJetHistoFiller.h"
-#include "JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h"
+#include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h"
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// \class JetHistoAttributeFiller
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 /// The tool does not directly fill histograms but uses Monitored::Scalar and Monitored::Group
 /// as is requested by the monitoring framewok.
 ///
-/// The variables are specified by means of IJetVarTool which are just configurable version
+/// The variables are specified by means of IJetHistoVarTool which are just configurable version
 /// of the JetVariable class.
-/// The IJetVarTool are set via the properterties VarX, VarY and VarZ 
+/// The IJetHistoVarTool are set via the properterties VarX, VarY and VarZ 
 /// The Monitoring Group is specified by the Group property
 ///
 /// The tool support plotting variables of type float,int ,vector<float> and vector<int>.
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ private:
 
 
   Gaudi::Property<std::string> m_group {this,"Group", "undefined"};
-  ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_varX;
-  ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_varY;
+  ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_varX;
+  ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_varY;
 
-  ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_varZ;
+  ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_varZ;
   
   int m_nVar=1;
   
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoLeadingJetsRelations.h b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoLeadingJetsRelations.h
index d6b1c178f0f0cb744758fba8aadf0b7b7484ba60..023cba0ca063dfa41d86014bbf6ae74d5353a2e3 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoLeadingJetsRelations.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoLeadingJetsRelations.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "AthenaBaseComps/AthAlgTool.h"
 
 #include "JetMonitoring/IJetHistoFiller.h"
-#include "JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h"
+#include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h"
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// \class JetHistoAttributeFiller
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 /// The tool does not directly fill histograms but uses Monitored::Scalar and Monitored::Group
 /// as is requested by the monitoring framewok.
 ///
-/// The variables are specified by means of IJetVarTool which are just configurable version
+/// The variables are specified by means of IJetHistoVarTool which are just configurable version
 /// of the JetVariable class.
-/// The IJetVarTool are set via the properterties VarX, VarY and VarZ 
+/// The IJetHistoVarTool are set via the properterties VarX, VarY and VarZ 
 /// The Monitoring Group is specified by the Group property
 ///
 /// The tool support plotting variables of type float,int ,vector<float> and vector<int>.
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ private:
 
 
   Gaudi::Property<std::string> m_group {this,"Group", "undefined"};
-  //  ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_var;
-  //ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_varY;
-  //ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_varZ;
+  //  ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_var;
+  //ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_varY;
+  //ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_varZ;
   
   int m_nVar=1;
   
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoSelectSort.h b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoSelectSort.h
index ac468c2b19f0981cd4a3d043095fb05f748ec7d8..80da49ee4287f034c70b5709003268703d6c751b 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoSelectSort.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoSelectSort.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "JetInterface/IJetSelector.h"
 
 #include "JetMonitoring/IJetHistoFiller.h"
-#include "JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h"
+#include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h"
 
 
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ private:
   ToolHandle<IJetSelector> m_selectTool;
   Gaudi::Property<int> m_selIndex {this,"SelectedIndex", -1};
 
-  ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_sortVar;
+  ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_sortVar;
 
   
 };
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoTriggEfficiency.h b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoTriggEfficiency.h
index 8b45972aafd4df5036c9c4370fca98fef0b8ecfb..246f83b0b3c0f585c03c7a18a6fa7b933441f284 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoTriggEfficiency.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoTriggEfficiency.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "AthenaBaseComps/AthAlgTool.h"
 
 #include "JetMonitoring/IJetHistoFiller.h"
-#include "JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h"
+#include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h"
 #include "JetInterface/IJetSelector.h"
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ private:
   Gaudi::Property<std::string> m_probeTrigChain {this, "ProbeTrigChain", "_undefined_"};
   Gaudi::Property<size_t> m_jetIndex {this, "Index",0};
   ToolHandle<IJetSelector> m_selectTool;
-  ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_jetVar;
+  ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_jetVar;
 
   
   
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h
similarity index 76%
rename from Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h
rename to Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h
index 40d04596ba7cc380cd1e7f389c2d0d330211a144..a1aab95586ae96538e0dd6d1ad7f4358a756efbe 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 #include "JetMonitoring/JetVariable.h"
 
 
-static const InterfaceID IID_IJetVarTool("IJetVarTool", 1 , 0); 
+static const InterfaceID IID_IJetHistoVarTool("IJetHistoVarTool", 1 , 0); 
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-/// \class JetVarTool
+/// \class JetHistoVarTool
 ///
 /// This class is a wrapper around JetVar::Variable inheriting AthAlgTool.
 /// Its purpose is to allow to define a jet variable in the configuration
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ static const InterfaceID IID_IJetVarTool("IJetVarTool", 1 , 0);
 /// Client tools include JetHistoAttributeFiller and JetHistoSelectSort
 ///
 
-class IJetVarTool : virtual public IAlgTool                         
+class IJetHistoVarTool : virtual public IAlgTool                         
 {
 public:
   
   // Retrieve interface ID
-  static const InterfaceID& interfaceID() { return IID_IJetVarTool; }
+  static const InterfaceID& interfaceID() { return IID_IJetHistoVarTool; }
 
-  virtual ~IJetVarTool(){}
+  virtual ~IJetHistoVarTool(){}
   
   /// the value of the variable for a given Jet
   virtual float value(const xAOD::Jet &) const = 0;
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-class JetVarTool : public AthAlgTool, virtual public IJetVarTool {
+class JetHistoVarTool : public AthAlgTool, virtual public IJetHistoVarTool {
 public:
-  JetVarTool( const std::string& type,  const std::string & name ,const IInterface* parent);
-  virtual ~JetVarTool(){}
+  JetHistoVarTool( const std::string& type,  const std::string & name ,const IInterface* parent);
+  virtual ~JetHistoVarTool(){}
 
   virtual StatusCode initialize() ;  
 
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetSelectorAttribute.h b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetSelectorAttribute.h
index 65d46352366c30a67b7a3471856301a4efc50fbf..e4db59d70a32f9fb8e6e69e94f45d21b732e5049 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetSelectorAttribute.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/JetMonitoring/JetSelectorAttribute.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "AsgTools/AsgTool.h"
 
 #include "JetInterface/IJetSelector.h"
-#include "JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h"
+#include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h"
 
 
 namespace JetVar {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class JetSelectorAttribute : public asg::AsgTool , virtual public IJetSelector
    float m_min;
    float m_max;
 
-   ToolHandle<IJetVarTool> m_var;
+   ToolHandle<IJetHistoVarTool> m_var;
 
 };
 
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringConfig.py b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringConfig.py
index 550208da0ad78187fdde1bfc80009e7f3b319bad..4ff471d95ec31700960bafe37cfee9deb8eb7147 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringConfig.py
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringConfig.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class ToolSpec(ConfigDict):
 class VarSpec(ToolSpec):
     """A dictionary specialized to contain a jet variable specification"""
     def __init__(self, Name , Type='float', Index=-1, Scale=1):
-        # by default we allow only the properties of a JetVarTool
+        # by default we allow only the properties of a JetHistoVarTool
         if Name.endswith(':GeV'):
             Scale=0.001
             Name = Name[:-4]
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ class VarSpec(ToolSpec):
 
 
     def toTool(self):
-        from JetMonitoring.JetMonitoringConf import JetVarTool
-        return JetVarTool(self.Name, **self)
+        from JetMonitoring.JetMonitoringConf import JetHistoVarTool
+        return JetHistoVarTool(self.Name, **self)
 
     def vname(self):
         if self.Index ==-1: return self.Name
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringExample.py b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringExample.py
index ba162ed74478f213c2a6d801cefaec1ef93e19fb..da872c5229d70559f46520fcc8dba14aa442f899 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringExample.py
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringExample.py
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ def jetMonitoringExampleConfig(inputFlags):
     # Declare a configuration dictionnary for a JetContainer
     from JetMonitoring.JetMonitoringConfig import JetMonAlgSpec, HistoSpec,  SelectSpec, ToolSpec
     #from JetMonitoring.JetStandardHistoSpecs import knownHistos
-
-    # Create a python dictionnary containing the configuration options related to 1 JetContainer.
+    
     # we use a specialized dictionnary (JetMonAlgSpec) which will be translated into the final C++ tool
     ak4conf = JetMonAlgSpec(
         "ak4lcMon",
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringStandard.py b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringStandard.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e972817af473df0391848d71d98302411d9fbe8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/python/JetMonitoringStandard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+#
+
+'''@file JetMonitoringExample.py
+@author P-A. Delsart
+@date 2019-03-12
+@brief Main python configuration for the Run III Jet Monitoring
+'''
+
+
+def jetMonAntiKt4LCTopo():
+    '''Sets-up AntiKt4 monitoring.'''
+
+
+    # Declare a configuration dictionnary for a JetContainer
+    from JetMonitoring.JetMonitoringConfig import JetMonAlgSpec, HistoSpec,  SelectSpec, ToolSpec
+    
+    # we use a specialized dictionnary (JetMonAlgSpec) which will be translated into the final C++ tool
+    ak4conf = JetMonAlgSpec(
+        "ak4lcMon",
+        JetContainerName = "AntiKt4LCTopoJets",
+        # TriggerChain = '' ,  --> no trigger filter yet.
+    )
+
+
+    # Now start filling the histo spec list    
+    ak4conf.appendHistos(
+        # This python list can be filled with various type of entries :
+        # We can give aliases of standard spec :        
+        "pt",  
+        "highpt",
+        "m",
+        "eta",
+        
+        "leadingJetsRel",
+
+        
+
+        # or we can directly add our custom histo specification in the form of a HistoSpec :
+        HistoSpec('HECFrac', (50,-0.1,1.4), title="HEC E fraction;HEC frac;" ),
+        # the basic call is : HistoSpec( variable, histobins, title='histotile;xtitle,ytitle')
+        
+
+        # 2D histos
+        "pt;m",
+        "pt;eta",
+
+
+        # TProfile2D : just use 3 variables. For now the sytem will automatically
+        #  interpret it as a TProfile2D (the 3rd variable being profiled)
+        "phi;eta;e", # --> Average Energy vs pt and eta
+
+        
+        # Histograms build from a selection of filtered jets.
+        SelectSpec( 'central',   # the name of the selection
+                    '|eta|<0.5', # selection expression. The form 'min<var<max' is automatically interpreted.
+
+                    FillerTools = [
+                        "pt",
+                        "m",
+                        "eta",
+                    ] ),
+
+        # another selection : only sub-leading jets
+        SelectSpec( 'subleading',
+                    '', # no selection on variables
+                    SelectedIndex=1, # force 2nd (sub-leading) jet (we would set 0 for leading jets)
+                    path='standardHistos', # force the path where the histos are saved in the final ROOT file
+                    FillerTools = [
+                        "pt",
+                        "m",
+                    ] ),
+        
+        
+        SelectSpec( 'highJVF',
+                    '0.3<JVF[0]', # JVF is a vector<float> for each jets. Here we cut on the 0th entry of this vector
+                    FillerTools = [
+                        "pt",
+                    ] ),
+        # Selecting jets passing the LooseBad selection from the JetCleaningTool.
+        SelectSpec( 'LooseBadJets',
+                    'LooseBad', # this is not in the form 'min<x<max', so it will be assumed 'LooseBad' is an entry existing in JetStandardHistoSpecs.knownSelector
+                    FillerTools = [
+                        "pt",
+                    ] ),
+
+
+    )
+    return ak4conf
+
+    
+
+
+
+def standardJetMonitoring(inputFlags):
+    """Standard jet monitoring function to be inserted from top-level algs. 
+    returns an a component accumulator as given by AthMonitorCfgHelper.result()
+    Details of what goes into jet monitoring will be implemented by dedicated functions such as jetMonAntiKt4LCTopo().
+    """
+
+    from AthenaMonitoring import AthMonitorCfgHelper
+    helper = AthMonitorCfgHelper(inputFlags,'ExampleAthMonitorCfg')
+
+    ak4conf = jetMonAntiKt4LCTopo()
+    ak4conf.toAlg(helper) # adds the ak4conf as a JEtMonitoringAlg to the helper
+    
+    return helper.result() # the AthMonitorCfgHelper returns an accumulator to be used by the general configuration system.
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/JetVarTool.cxx b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/JetHistoVarTool.cxx
similarity index 62%
rename from Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/JetVarTool.cxx
rename to Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/JetHistoVarTool.cxx
index f4305aa80272ecc6192775359d593984ce68f6e5..0a769ac8cc72b2c85d3cc8002bf15577399e8bb0 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/JetVarTool.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/JetHistoVarTool.cxx
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
   Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
-#include "JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h"
+#include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h"
 
 
-JetVarTool::JetVarTool( const std::string& type,  const std::string & name ,const IInterface* parent):
+JetHistoVarTool::JetHistoVarTool( const std::string& type,  const std::string & name ,const IInterface* parent):
   AthAlgTool( type, name, parent )
 
 {
-  declareInterface<IJetVarTool>(this);
+  declareInterface<IJetHistoVarTool>(this);
 
   
 }
 
-StatusCode JetVarTool::initialize() {
+StatusCode JetHistoVarTool::initialize() {
 
   if(m_name=="") m_name = name();
   m_v.reset( JetVar::Variable::create( m_name, m_type, m_index) ); 
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ StatusCode JetVarTool::initialize() {
 }
 
 
-float JetVarTool::value(const xAOD::Jet &j) const {
+float JetHistoVarTool::value(const xAOD::Jet &j) const {
   return m_v->value(j) ;
 }
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/components/JetMonitoring_entries.cxx b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/components/JetMonitoring_entries.cxx
index df19c61e0389735b4c9b978687e501e459f6782b..584056a1bc0a4ef3aee964bf13395d0d97a99f26 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/components/JetMonitoring_entries.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetMonitoring/src/components/JetMonitoring_entries.cxx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoPtTool.h"
 #include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoAttributeFiller.h"
 #include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoTriggEfficiency.h"
-#include "JetMonitoring/JetVarTool.h"
+#include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoVarTool.h"
 #include "JetMonitoring/JetHistoSelectSort.h"
 
 #include "JetMonitoring/JetSelectorAttributeRunII.h"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ DECLARE_COMPONENT( JetHistoPtTool)
 DECLARE_COMPONENT( JetHistoTriggEfficiency)
 DECLARE_COMPONENT( JetHistoAttributeFiller)
 DECLARE_COMPONENT( JetHistoSelectSort)
-DECLARE_COMPONENT( JetVarTool)
+DECLARE_COMPONENT( JetHistoVarTool)
 
 DECLARE_COMPONENT( JetAttributeHisto )