Zabbix Actions not returning mapped values

[michaeldasilvapereira]

Hi There,

I have the most frustrating problem, I'm trying to return the mapped value for an item in my email actions.

Currently zabbix will only give me the raw value of the item, (0,1,2,3,4,5).
I'm trying to montior a UPS and would like to email a network operator that the UPS has switched to 'Battery' and not 2 kind of think.

Has anybody else got this right?

Thanks,
Michael

[tokind]

It looks to me as if the "Mapped Values" only appear in the Web interface. They do not apply to Actions or triggers (?).

You can, however, use the Conditions in an Action to produce a specific message based on the Value of your trigger. So if the trigger trips and the value = 0, the action delivers a message of "On Battery". Create a second Action where the condition is value = 1, with a message of "Power restored".

Just figured this out myownself.

'Hope this helps
--Tokind

[michaeldasilvapereira]

The manual however says otherwise:

5.2.3.Value mapping
Value maps are used to create a mapping between numeric values and string
representations.
For example, an item which has value ‘0’ or ‘1’ can use value mapping to
represent the values in a human readable form:
‘0’ => ‘Not Available’
‘1’ => ‘Available’
Note: Value mapping can be used only for items having type ‘Unsigned integer’.
Value mappings are used for representation of data in both ZABBIX front-end
and information sent by email/jabber/SMS/whatever.

Page 71 of 204 ZABBIX Manual 1.4

Is this a known issue ?

[jamesh]

Same problem here on 1.4.5. Anyone know how to get the mapped values in the emails?

[jamesh]

Figured out how to get mapped values in email actions:

{{HOSTNAME}:{TRIGGER.KEY}.last(0)}

I use it like this:

{ITEM.NAME}: {{HOSTNAME}:{TRIGGER.KEY}.last(0)}

Which gives me this:

Host status: Up (0)

[jpriceit]

Doesn't work for me for Web monitoring. See

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11905