PATCH: Macros in names of graphs (and elsewhere)

[rledisez]

When managing a lot of switchs, it's very difficult to remember that interface X of the switch Y is for the server of customer Z. Generally, you name the interface of the switch like the customer. So, putting the name of the interface in the name of the graph is a good idea.

If you manage a lot of switchs with a lot of interfaces, you probably love to use templates. But with templates, you can't customize the name of graphs...

So, here is the patch !

Just create a template with a graph named like this :
[22] Traffic ({:IF-MIB::ifAlias.22.last()})

In this example, it will display the value of item that monitors the description of the interface 22.
eg: [22] Traffic (my_customer)

You can see that it's the normal syntax of macros {server:key.function(param)} except that when you are on a template, there isn't hostname. So, if you don't put hostname, it will use the current hostname (of the graph displayed). If you put a hostname, it will just retrieves value for the item of that host.

It should be easy to use this code elsewhere (eg: triggers' name). I hope there isn't too much bugs...

This patch applies on Zabbix 1.4.5. The most of the code come from evalfunc.c, of zabbix-server.

[nelsonab]

OOHHH, very cool!

I had a similar solution a while ago, but I like the elegance of this one.

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8147

[pdvorak75]

patch for 1.5.3?

This is great, however, I am using 1.5.3 beta and would like this functionality. I tried looking at the patch file and modifying the appropriate section in the 1.5.3 files but I can't get it to work. Any chance you have this patch for the beta code? Also, any chance this can get rolled into the 1.6 release?

[MrKen]

Macros in names of graphs (and elsewhere)

What a shame this didn't make it into Zabbix 1.6

I just tried to patch 1.6 so that I could use ifAlias on my graph Templates, but unfortunately the sql code in charts.php is different and far beyond my coding abilities.

rledisez - I hope you've upgraded to 1.6 and have made a new patch.

Devs - This is really useful for snmp template users. Any chance of making it into 1.6.1 or .2 or .3 or .....

[rledisez]

Sorry, I didn't...

Upgrade for Zabbix is not planned for now (I'm waiting for Debian packages) and I'm currently very busy so I will not work on it in the near futur.

But if someone want to try, I will answer all the questions asked about the code.

[Aly]

There is such posibility, but only when I'll get some free time, due to it's not so simple with this patch. As I remember it'll require deeper developing to fully apply.

[oneye]

This patch would really make my work easyer. Takes alot of editing when you start changing interface names on equipement.



regards

[oddie]

I would just like to throw in my vote for this feature to be available in upcoming 1.6.x releases. Maybe 1.6.3?

This would be so very very useful.

Thanks!

[dan_cytexone]

This would be awesome

[gugusg]

need this too : variables names of item / triggers would be great ! ;-)

see this : http://www.zabbix.org/forum/showthre...ed=1#post41049

[troffasky]

This one gets my vote too.

[sege]

I really, really need this for Zabbix 1.6.2 right about yesterday or something. Anyone made this patch for 1.6.2 for me?

I'd like to have macos in graphs as well, is it possible? We always put customer/server names on ports, I would really, really like to use them in Zabbix on graphs and items.

Regards,
Johan

[sege]

Any news around this one? I began remake of the patch for 1.6 but some of the things in the patch were already in 1.6 frontend. How far does this work? Does it work all the way but with different syntax or something?

I really really love this one.

[iwik]

Any progress?

Any progress about this ? Or patch for zabbix 1.6.3 ?

[tob]

Indeed

Aly, any updates on this? I really agree this would be extremely useful in large environment (say, lot's of colocation customers in different datacenters ;-)

Tnx!