New Feature: Depedency between Itens

[spaww]

Hi All,

I like to sugest a new feature for Zabbix: Depedency relation between Itens.

Wy Itens, not Triggers? Speed.

Example: I have 3 itens to check in a printer:
1) Network connection (icmp ping)
2) Printed Pages (snmp check);
3) Tonner Level (snmp check);

In this case if item 1 result "false" (network is down) is not necessary itens 2 and 3 because is not possible to get results.

In my Zabbix Log have a lot of trys of check to "item 2 and 3" during network is down (my printers is power off at night).

Best Regards,
SpawW

[spaww]

Sugestion:

When I create a chart have more one option "Ignore nodata interval".

User case:

I create a chart for show printed page count, but my printers is down between 18:00 and 08:00 and I need to show a week resume of printed pages (data colected each 1hr).

01/01/2010 01:00 get page count 1000
01/01/2010 12:00 get page count 1020
02/01/2010 09:00 get page count 1100
04/01/2010 08:00 get page count 1150
04/01/2010 09:00 get page count 1200

Normaly this chart apear with 3 parts without data.

If is enabled "Ignore nodata period" Zabbix chart will work like another free tools: make a direct line between 2 points for not show a "hole" in chart.

Best Regards,
SpawW