Misleading graph header in 'Screen' option

[BusteR81]

i created a graph in Configuration >> Graphs
this graph contains a Similar Item from Different Hosts

i create a Screen in Configuration >> Screens
i insert the above graph and no matter which option i choose from "Resource = Graph" drop-down menu, a Host name will always be displayed in front

it is misleading coz sometimes the graph title meant to be
Top 5 Hosts with 'AB' process High mem utilization

now in Zabbix 1.4, the problem is the display will be EITHER
Host 1: Top 5 Hosts with 'ABC' process High mem utilization
or Host 2: Top 5 Hosts with 'ABC' process High mem utilization
or Host 3: Top 5 Hosts with 'ABC' process High mem utilization etc....

[Alexei]

What is your suggestion? What should be displayed in this situation?

[BusteR81]

solution

graphs created from (Configuration >> create Graphs) have title named by the zabbix user and Hosts (pointing to the related graph) wil be displayed in summary of all graphs webpage.

eg. host_1, host_2, host_3 | graph title |

somehow when user adds a graph to Screen (use Resource = Graph), a Host name will get appended : followed by the graph title.

Therefore solution: remove the Host:Title
just leave the Title on the graph. If i'm not wrong, Resoure = Simple graph -> graph allows user to display a target item graph, therefore the Host : Title is a 'duplicated' feature.

probably u can omit those Host: <Title> choices from drop-down menu just leave the <title> of the graph as in Configuration >> Graphs

cheers

[peter_field]

I agree

I agree, I would just get rid of the host name in the graph title, and simply leave the title on any graphs that have multiple hosts.

[BusteR81]

minor issue in graphs

I agree, I would just get rid of the host name in the graph title, and simply leave the title on any graphs that have multiple hosts.

thanks for yur support pete.

Cheers

[lamont]

This graph title problem is currently generating much stupidity in our environment with the naming of hosts to things based on producing pretty graph titles.

I looked at 1.6.1 and it seems to still have this issue, unless I missed something.

I agree, I would just get rid of the host name in the graph title, and simply leave the title on any graphs that have multiple hosts.

I would have to agree.

Ideally templated graphs should support {HOSTNAME} expansion to deal with the case where you really want a graph for a particular host -- but i'd prefer to not have this feature at all rather than have it by default everywhere.

[nelsonab]

I think there should be the ability to override the graph title altogether. I agree the default configuration does not work for edge cases (in this case it's a pretty common and big edge). Most often I have found the current naming convention horrible to deal with when you're dealing with network switches. Switch1:if01... What the heck is that? Is that my Router, my vpn server, another switch, or something else? With the current setup I cannot get around this either. I did a custom descriptor patch for 1.4.x but that didn't gain much traction. I should revisit this patch again, maybe do it a little differently this time.