Custom values in alert emails

[maplesyrupghost]

Hey!

Trying to customize the messages that zabbix sends out in the emails.

Found the macros page, definitely handy and I have put in as much information as possible using the default macros.

Now I am trying to include other information from other values other than those that triggered during the event. Like, if I have an item that is graphing the ping times in milliseconds, how can I include the last 10 ping times in that message?

I think it has to do something with the trigger expressions but it isn't very clear how to do it.

The layout is: {<server>:<key>.<function>(<parameter>)}<operator> <constant>

If I try something like:

{{HOST.NAME1}:icmppingsec.last(0)}

or

{{HOST.NAME1}:icmppingsec[, 5, 900, , , max].last(0)}

It displays the host name, and the rest comes as plain text.

Help ? Thanks!

[maplesyrupghost]

ah, I just got it to work by specifying an individual machine.

can I make it so it grabs the host that is causing the trigger and use it in the expression?

[egena]

Good tip - thanks!

I've been wanting to find out how to add a host name to an email notifications' subject as my Android phone predominantly shows a Subject line before content. I have adjusted the templates I needed to now simply include the;

{HOST.NAME1}

... that you mentioned and there it is!

Thanks again!

[jan.garaj]

{ITEM.NAME1} ({HOST.NAME1}:{ITEM.KEY1}): {ITEM.VALUE1}
or if you have more items used in trigger, then other items/values are:
{ITEM.NAME2} ({HOST.NAME2}:{ITEM.KEY2}): {ITEM.VALUE2}
... etc

Reference:

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.0/manual/appendix/macros/supported_by_location

[egena]

Excellent!

Thanks Jan