Reference Item Value in Action email

[jokes54321]

Hello,

We've been running Zabbix 2.0.5 for a while now and it's been working great.

I'm starting to use the Discovery feature and am stumped on a particular spot.

The template I created with discovery correctly created my items and the corresponding triggers and this works well.

One item this discovery template creates gets the description (ifAlias) entered for a particular interface. Another discovery created item gets the value of the interfaces operational status and also creates a corresponding trigger, so if the interface goes down it raises an alert. This works perfectly.

The issue I am getting suck on is with the Action email. While the default action email correctly displays the value of the item the trigger evaluated (operational status), I cannot figure out how to reference the value of the other item for the description (ifAlias)

Basically whenever a trigger is raised on an Interface, whether it's a router interface or switchport, I want the email to include the interface description (ifAlias).

Is this possible without this item being in the trigger?

Thank you,

Denny

[Alberto Freire]

You can use to macro {HOST.NAME} or {TRIGGER.NAME} on action...

See more macros in:

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.4/manual/appendix/macros/supported_by_location#additional_support_for_user_macros

And:

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.4/manual/config/notifications/action/operation/macros

[jokes54321]

Hello,

I looked through the macro links you posted and I'm still not understanding.

If the Item ifAlias was part of the trigger evaluation, I understand how I can reference the value with a macro, but I'm still not seeing how I can grab the value from an item that wasn't part of the trigger that fired the action.

So, I have the following trigger item

{LAX2801:IfOperStatus["15"].last(0)}#1


If this triggers an alert, I want the value another item included in the action email

ifAlias["15"]

Denny

[jokes54321]

Guess the short answer is, unless the value is included in the trigger evaluation expression, it cannot be referenced.

This link explains how to work around the issue.

http://sysnet-adventures.blogspot.com/2014/04/zabbix-display-network-interface.html?showComment=1407800799212#c4981558858933770470