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Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:58 am**

When viewing the Service Detail page, it looks like the value for the 'Description' field appears under the 'Service' column. I would have expected this column to show the 'Display Name' of a field rather than the description.

Is this expected behaviour? If so, are there plans to change it?

For example:

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define service {
        service_description          Checks the status of a given server against multiple DNS blacklists.
        hostgroup_name              Hostgroup1
        display_name                   DNS Blacklist Status

Thanks,

Gavin

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:15 am**

service_description in the configs is the name of the service

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:16 am**

Yes, this is expected behavior. The service description is actually the the service identifier, although I do see what you're saying that it does seem like it would be the other way around. The display name isn't used much in the XI interface, it's only accessible on the service details screen.

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