Integer [0] not suitable for Integer?

[Justleen]

Hi All,

I just wanted to create a quick external check, when i ran into the following error in Zabbix: Type of received value [0] is not suitable for value type [Numeric (integer 64bit)]

This is quite weird i'd say, since its a perfectly valid value? Changing to float does the same thing. I can only save it as text, which is not what I want...
How can I get an item to accept a numerical value as value??


The script:
zabbix@s2m-mon-002:~/externalscripts$ ./check_mis.sh prd-as-012 QueueSize
30

The item:
Type: external check
Key: check_mis.sh[QueueSize]
Type of info: numerical
Dont use multiplier, and store value as is..


Edit: THe same happens for "real" values, like, 14 or 22 ..

[Justleen]

Ok, It seems that if i choose "Character" as type, I can do numerical tests ... Not sure if this is supposed to work like this, but as a work around, it works for me. THough this way I cant create graphs...

[Justleen]

It seems only the numerical are usefull in triggers, so I really would like to know how to get the values from an external script accepted as a numerical value...


Any one??

[Calimero]

Sounds weird !

What if you try:
./externascript.sh params... | cat -e

to see whether output is "clean".