Variable support for templates

[ymilner]

I have a situation where I have to monitor lots of wireless terminals. However, the SNMP agent is the base station - single IP. The terminals are identified by an id, which is included in the OID string. For example:

To get a certain counter from a specific terminal, you would query the base station with this OID:

.1.3.6.1.4.1.1150.2.1.1.5.2.1.10659.12.term_id.1

Here, the term_id is a single digit, but it could be string like 1.2.3

What I would like is a general possibility of variables, that can be entered at the data source creation/graph creation time.
It should work like this:

When creating a template for data source, one should be able to put in any test field a special symbol, like //*x//, where x would be a variable number, or a variable name.

Then, when a data source is created using this template, it should give a prompt to enter a value for variable(s).

The same functionaly is also useful for graph templates. For example, if I have a template for subscriber load, and I also want to graph his CIR/MIR using HRULE. In this case, the HRULE value should be a variable, and when one creates a new subscriber using host/graph template, he will be asked to enter the appropriate MIR/CIR values.




Cheers,

Yuly

[raX]

I think this is a really good idea and I will consider adding it to both graph and data templates. I am guessing that these variables will never be templated, that is the user will have to fill all of them in for each graph/data source that is created based on the template.

This feature has been added to my list of things to do, hopefully I will get to it soon.

-Ian