How to mass-copy graphs and screens ?

[mlevin]

Hello, Alexey.

Adding just another ten servers today I god the idea of how it could be great to be able to copy graphs along with all the content!

Just imagine this possibility: you have added the server from some other template. Now you got smart-copied: items, triggers and alarms. What if you also got copied (or even smart-copied!): graphs (ones with the source template name inside ##, for example) and even screens ?

So, just adding one server I would get not only monitoring and reporting at once, but also several graphs (in my case, #Template#-CPU, #Template#-Network, #Template#-Disks, and #Template#-Memory) which I could use in my screens. Wow, and I would get also some "detailed" screen(s) for the server ready! Like, the screen #Template#-Info which automatically got those graphs inside.

Ok, Alexey, what do you think? I know, that this is mostly the PHP part, a bit boring, but why not? This makes adding the new server on base of a template the real deal. Looks very comfy to me.

Mikhail

PS. Happy New Year and that you for your efforts !

[mlevin]

The Follow-Up

Oops, Alexey, I've lost the idea while I was writing the message.

Of course, It would be definitely great to have that smart-beind-the-scene-copy process. But I wouldn't object to have the standalone functions, like copy the graph or copy the screen or add new one from another as a template.

Take care.

[Alexei]

Of course, It would be definitely great to have that smart-beind-the-scene-copy process. But I wouldn't object to have the standalone functions, like copy the graph or copy the screen or add new one from another as a template.

I plan to support both (in templates and as standalone functions) methods in 1.1.

Happy New Year!