Screens and Templates group

[Blakkheim.GW]

Hello,

I've just upgraded to 1.8.3 and I was trying to add a graph from a template directly to a screen. But it seems the "Templates" group has been removed from the list of groups we can select. Then, I saw this "bug" report :
https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-2313?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issueta bpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#issue-tabs

I don't understand why this possibility has been removed.

For example, in our configuration, I have created screens with graphics by templates (one screen with all graphics for our Cisco switchs, one for our Alcatel switchs and so on). So these screens are picking the graphs directly from the template. I then use the "Dynamic element" option.
But now, I have to select one specific host when creating a screen. With the "Dynamic element" option I can use the screen for displaying graphics from other hosts too but what happens if I remove this specific host ?

Really, I don't understand the prupose of this update. Thanks for your answers.

[richlv]

hmm. the point of the original host being removed is a good one. maybe adding template elements should be allowed after all... please, comment on that issue

[Blakkheim.GW]

So what can we do about that ? Maybe I should post a feature request to reintroduce this ?

[richlv]

see https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-3577 :)

[Blakkheim.GW]

Oh, thanks :)

[Blakkheim.GW]

Actually, it seems that there is a workaround for this issue.

Export an existing screen or create one in the GUI. Open the given XML file. Adjust it for your needs and name your items (they have to be dynamic) as the graphs which are in your template. Then, in the <resourceid> section, remove the <host> subsection.

Import the screen and voilà. You can use your screen without being dependant of a specific host.

Hope this helps.