I’d probably try bringing your Obs instance up to date – I had the same issue as you – could only update the description in the database directly, but after a recent upgrade I can indeed do it the way Adam suggested.
From: observium observium-bounces@observium.org On Behalf Of Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) via observium Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:30 To: Observium observium@observium.org Cc: Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) famerima@cisco.com; Adam Armstrong adama@memetic.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
Hello Adam,
This is an example that I am working on it.
* Adding New Dashboard * Adding Graph by adding Widget * When I click Cog / icon , I can not edit anything * I just can save changes and close.
Thanks,
Farah
From: observium <observium-bounces@observium.org mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org > On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong via observium Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 10:31 PM To: 'Observium' <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > Cc: Adam Armstrong <adama@memetic.org mailto:adama@memetic.org > Subject: Re: [Observium] Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
We don't currently show a port's description in widget graphs because of a shortage of space.
Where would you put it? Which part of the graph would you like to be covered by it?
You can replace the existing device/port name with a custom name by editing the widget itself. It won't automatically use the port description, though.
You edit a widget by hovering the mouse over the widget and clicking on the cog icon.
This is a fairly standard ui convention.
Adam.
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On 5 Mar 2020, at 01:07, "Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima)" <famerima@cisco.com mailto:famerima@cisco.com > wrote:
Hi Adam,
Thanks , for following this issue that I already have it.
Sorry , if it was not clear .I meant how can I Edit port description in Widget that I posted in My New Dashborad.
For example : The port description of the device is as below , but when I added in my dashborad , it show as below screenshot :
Port description on Device :
http://171.68.240.195/device/device=158/tab=port/port=23426/ GigabitEthernet1/0/3 London Customer
Port description : when this graph added to Dashboard shows as below and is not clear that it is for which customer . esw01 is part of the hostname of the switch and shows like below:
Thanks in Advance!
Farah
From: observium <observium-bounces@observium.org mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org > On Behalf Of adama--- via observium Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 10:25 AM To: 'Observium' <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > Cc: adama@observium.org mailto:adama@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
It’s not clear what you’re asking for.
Port descriptions are set on the device itself. Observium can’t set these. We don’t have Observium-specific descriptions because that makes very little operational sense, and just encourages people to neglect to set their device’s port descriptions.
If you’re asking why port descriptions aren’t currently shown on the widget, we could perhaps change that. They’re not shown at present because it’s quite messy to arrange the widget without running out of space and having overlapping divs and other visual glitches.
Adam.
From: observium <observium-bounces@observium.org mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org > On Behalf Of Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) via observium Sent: 04 March 2020 06:05 To: Christian Eriksson <christian.eriksson@advania.com mailto:christian.eriksson@advania.com >; Chris Macneill <cmacneill@cmit.nz mailto:cmacneill@cmit.nz >; observium <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > Cc: Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) <famerima@cisco.com mailto:famerima@cisco.com > Subject: Re: [Observium] Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
Hi Christian,
Thanks, I can edit the Widget Name Dashboard, but how can I edit the Port description of the graph that I added it in my dashboard?
I have not found it yet.
Regards
Farah
From: Christian Eriksson <christian.eriksson@advania.com mailto:christian.eriksson@advania.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:50 AM To: Chris Macneill <cmacneill@cmit.nz mailto:cmacneill@cmit.nz >; observium <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > Cc: Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) <famerima@cisco.com mailto:famerima@cisco.com > Subject: Re: [Observium] Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
Hi,
You can edit the widget and set any name you want
/Christian
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From: observium <observium-bounces@observium.org mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org > on behalf of Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) via observium <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 5:29:57 AM To: Chris Macneill <cmacneill@cmit.nz mailto:cmacneill@cmit.nz >; observium <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > Cc: Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) <famerima@cisco.com mailto:famerima@cisco.com > Subject: Re: [Observium] Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
Hi Chris,
Thanks , for quick response.
Regarding to Its version : Observium Professional License Version 1.1
Thanks , for the link. How can start to edit / update ? Because I would like do not touch default dashboard , and just want to update the description ports that I added Widget in New Dashboard.
Regards
Farah
From: Chris Macneill <cmacneill@cmit.nz mailto:cmacneill@cmit.nz > Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 10:59 PM To: observium <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > Cc: Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) <famerima@cisco.com mailto:famerima@cisco.com > Subject: Re: [Observium] Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
Hi Farah,
I'm not one of the Observium Team, but been working in this area recently. The link below is a way to use the format the port descriptions on your device:-
https://docs.observium.org/port_descr_parsing/
This isn't exactly the same as what you were doing, but might achieve the result you want via another route.
Just be aware that I was working with the Observium guys to resolve a bug with this. If you're using an Observium version prior to v10304 don't use "commas" in your description field for ports designated as customers or you'll get no graphs. Bug supposedly fixed from v10304 onwards, but this doesn't seem to have made it's way into the "Stable" branch yet and won't be in the CE version for some months.
Regards
Chris Macneil
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From: "observium" <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > To: "observium" <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org > Cc: "Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima)" <famerima@cisco.com mailto:famerima@cisco.com > Sent: Wednesday, 4 March, 2020 16:34:35 Subject: [Observium] Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
Dear Observium Team,
Could you please advise, how Can I customize description of each port after creating a dashboard ,by GUI interface ?
Please , see below examples : ( I would like to updated each port description by the name of the customer, Circuit ID .. ) , but as you can see below description is not clear .
Regards
Farah
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