macros inside trigger comments

[cpicton]

Hi

Some of my triggers have different comments, and I would like to use macros inside those comments, so they can be expanded when sending emails/sms

Specifically, I would like to see current values of items in the comments of the trigger.

However, my triggers are defined on templates, and if I use something like

Current value on {HOSTNAME} is {Template_Linux:custom[POSTFIX,QUEUE,active].last(0)}

in the comment field of the trigger, and my action has {TRIGGER.COMMENT} in the body, the resultant email has

Current value on {HOSTNAME} is *UNKNOWN*

Am I doing something wrong?

[Alexei]

I'm pretty sure the Template_linux does not collect any data, that's why ZABBIX cannot expand the macro to a real value.

[cpicton]

It does not collect any data, the the trigger is defined for the template, which is then automatically copied to all the associated hosts.

I have tried

Current value is {{HOSTNAME}:custom[POSTFIX,QUEUE,active].last(0)}

and

Current value is {Template_Linux:custom[POSTFIX,QUEUE,active].last(0)}

But in both cases, the macro inside the trigger comment is not expanded in the final email.

[Alexei]

The first macro should work. I'm going to retest it.

[Alexei]

I just realized that you are talking about trigger comments, not notification messages. This is not supposed to work.

[cpicton]

Is this on your todo list to be fixed

It is needed in some situations for me, as it allows the details in the comment of the trigger to be much more detailed and specific to the problem at hand.