Dashboard customization

[mrjsokol]

Good evening all,

Is there a way to filter down the Status summary for all Host groups without manually editing the widget object? I have looked around documentation and post and havent found that this is possible. If this is not possible through the interface, what would be the route to modify this widget were we could filter by host group and only display 1 host group or a select group per widget?

[ssax]

There isn't a way to modify the dashlet once it's added but here's what I do (if I'm understanding what you're looking for properly, correct me if I'm wrong):

Go to Home > Hostgroup Overview:
- Above each hostgroup on the top right there are two icons, click the first icon which will show all the services for that hostgroup
- On the page it brings you to look up in the top right and you will see the host and service status summary (notice how they are only listing what that hostgroup has)
- Now you can click the little blue dashify button at the top left of the host/service status summary and add that to your dashboard which will show the host/service status for that hostgroup. (make sure to change the title to include the hostgroup name so you know what hostgroup it's referring to)
- This same method works with servicegroups as well

[mrjsokol]

Hey ssax,

That is helpful but I would like to see if we can get the output in the following like the attached picture but just for all the US clients, that would be key

[ssax]

There isn't currently a way to do that given the existing functionality, it only lists them all, development would need to implement the changes to allow it, I've created a feature request on your behalf:

FR: XI - Hostgroup Status Summary Dashlet - Add the ability to only show certain hostgroups/single hostgroup

Please keep in mind that the decision to implement the enhancement is at the discretion of our development team.

Thank you!

[mrjsokol]

Excellent thank you for the information Sean,

Is it possible to get some guidance on modifying the correct file? I have a developer on my team that is willing to do the modifications necessary but would like to know all the files needed to be changed in the nagios directory.

[ssax]

We do not recommend that you customize the source files for our product, they will be overwritten on an upgrade and you'll need to re-implement them every time after you upgrade. I've seen customers do this and then not want to upgrade/migrate because of all the customizations they have done (and they can't remember what was done). The problem comes when we need you to upgrade to fix a bug/issue you are seeing or when you need to migrate to a later OS you likely won't want to because of those customizations and that puts you in a bad spot for getting the support you need. Additionally, if your dev leaves for some reason we won't re-implement them for you into later code as those changes are supported by the person who implemented them. I'm trying to keep you from putting yourself in a bad spot for support, this is by policy.

Thank you!

[mrjsokol]

Hey Sean,

Thank you for your concern. Do you think we could put in a feature request for this and I have another feature request unrelated to this topic but related to functionality.

Could we put in a feature request to have the time selection for re-occurring downtime to be manually editable by typing in the time in a text box rather than slider only option?

See attached.

[benjaminsmith]

Hi,

Could we put in a feature request to have the time selection for re-occurring downtime to be manually editable by typing in the time in a text box rather than slider only option?

I can do that for you. Appreciate your feedback!

Let us know if you have any other questions or comments.