Notes / Action URL Embedded URLs

[mguthrie]

Ok, I'll put it on my TODO to update that component

[rseiwert]

Do you know if the issue of macros not being used properly has been addressed?

[nscott]

seiwert,

MG is out of the office and will be back at the end of the week, I'll alert him of this thread.

[mguthrie]

We're working on a much improved "actions tool" that will allow a lot more customization, use of macros, and a few other features for this tool. It will probably replace this component once it's ready.

[rseiwert]

While an improved actions tool would be nice I have to let you know as I port more old Big Brother scripts the number of results which contain pre-formatted text and/or html formatting and links keeps getting my my way. Everything is laid out nicely in Core and in Big Brother with <br/> and links but it becomes an almost undecipherable block of text in XI. Really need to weight the risk of injected results versus time to troubleshoot / solve issues.

Of course also Notes and Action URLs are part of this. Also in addition to ping and tracert, telnet, ssh, and browse a host.

[mguthrie]

Can you post a sample of the raw plugin output that you use with the tags included. I'll take a look at what would need to happen to implement this. Maybe it can be a switchable option in XI.

[rseiwert]

I have posted in the past about this and after getting screen shots was told embedding links was a server side scripting security issue and that "solved" my problem. I'm in the middle of trying to solve this bogus definition issue but I will get some screen shots later if it would truely help.

[mguthrie]

As I said I'll take a look at this for an XI option, but understand the developer guidelines for plugins state that plugins should be returning a concise, and single-line of data. Plugin output was never intended to display formatted text, although more recent versions of Core do allow multiple lines and html tags.

[rseiwert]

Between the unreadable output and the lack of hyperlinks I keep spending more and more time in core for day to day monitoring. Having to jump back and forth to xi for configuration and trending is frustrating. I understand the developer guidlines and philosophy but in version 3 people recognized the need to a little more info and usability.

[emperaza]

Hello Folks,

Are there any updates on this topic? Has there been any progress on the "action tool" to correct the macros issue?

This would really help us out.

Thanks,

-Manny