Insert a Variable and Default to another value

narzsa

Hi,

Does anyone know if its possible and the syntax, for inserting a variable, but, if the value is empty, inserting a completely different value?

E.g i have a customer property called Asset_Owner. So the variable would be ${N=SwisEntity;M=Node.CustomProperties.Asset_Owner} 

However, this may sometime be left blank, resulting in an empty space, so i'd like to insert a default value if it is not found

I suspect this will require a SWQL variable

bourlis

Narzsa,  the only solution I can think of is:

• Create a custom property alert that says if Node.CustomProperties.Asset_Owner is Null then set it to 'None'.

In doing this you'll always have an Asset_Owner custom property value as soon as something is added to SolarWinds.  The Asset_Owner information can be added at a later point in time manually, script of by another custom property alert options.

This is what I did for a bunch of devices that I send to PagerDuty, only it's for a nodes disposition.