Count items equal something

[safl]

Hey,

Is it possible to count a number of values equal some value within a given time?

I have a trapper item (backup_log) of type text, i would like to count the number of entries in the item within the last 24 hours with values like "Job Success", "Job Failed", "Job Completed With Exceptions" etc.

Something like:

{SERVER:backup_log.count('Job Failed', 86400)}>0

Can this be achieved? Can't seem to find the right functions to use...

regards,
Simon

[safl]

Please anybody, am i not clear enough?

To the developer(s)>
If i implement this trigger function can it then be merged into zabbix?
I really need the functionality but i don't wanna apply patches after each zabbix upgrade.

[Alexei]

We will be happy to integrate any well-written patches which are in sync with ZABBIX vision

[safl]

Great! I will get right to it

Can you give me a hint?
Let's say i implement the function 'myFunc'.
It seems like all i need to do is expand "else if" block in 'evaluate_FUNCTION' (evalfunc.c) to check for the 'myFunc' , and implement 'evaluate_myFunc' in evalfunc.c.

Correct?

[safl]

Allrighty then, I've made a 'txtcount' patch, take a look here:

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?p=18544