Trigger to compare Template Macro

[mskenderian]

I have a template which monitors some backup scripts I wrote. One of the files in my scripts has a Version number of the script, so I know which host has a old outaged script.

My template has a Macro Named: {$WPS.BASH.BACKUP.VERSION}

I created a trigger with the expressions

last(/WPS - Bash Backup Script - Version Check/vfs.file.contents[/wps/bash-backup-scripts/VERSION])<>{$WPS.BASH.BACKUP.VERSION}

This checks and makes sure the version of my script is correct. Works great.

but this is not my intention. I was trying to check if the script has a minimum version >=

last(/WPS - Bash Backup Script - Version Check/vfs.file.contents[/wps/bash-backup-scripts/VERSION])>= {$WPS.BASH.BACKUP.VERSION}

this does not work. I am assuming because the template macro is a string and the Item is a float, but i am not sure. I tried using macro functions, but that doesnt seems to work.

Any ideas on how i can accomplish this?

[Hamardaban]

If complex comparisons are needed, you can use the following hack: create a dependent item and in preprocessing using JS make the necessary comparison and return 0 or 1, depending on the result. And already build a trigger from this.