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Title: Table from ExternalCommand
Post by: Tursiops on February 24, 2016, 06:14:41 AM
Hi,

I've been testing ExternalLists to do Instance Discovery to grab data for items with a lot of instances.
While this works and allows for alerting, it is extremely... untidy... in the Last Values tab.
For example I am monitoring about a dozen different items over 74 instances, which leaves quite a mess in the interface.
A table would work wonders here. I would have no problem passing the relevant data in CSV format either.

But for all I can tell, this is currently not possible?

Thanks
Title: Re: Table from ExternalCommand
Post by: Victor Kirhenshtein on March 08, 2016, 09:57:26 PM
Hi,

you mean to define external table? Currently it's not possible, but can be implemented.

Best regards,
Victor
Title: Re: Table from ExternalCommand
Post by: Tursiops on March 16, 2016, 12:44:47 PM
Hi Victor,

Yes, an ExternalTable like an ExternalParameter.
For example such a command could return multiple rows of comma separated values. First row defines the "Column Names" which could then be referenced in the DCI table.
Such a command will likely take longer to run than a "standard" one (e.g. getting data from WMI or PowerShell). So not sure how that would work with the standard command timeout.

Cheers