$AlertName in Advanced Alerts?

Question

With Basic Alerts, you could specify the variable ${AlertName} to display the...(wait for it)...alert name in email notifications, etc.  I've noticed in Advanced Alerts this variable isn't coming across.  Is there an "Alert Name" variable for advanced alerts?  I haven't found anything in the documentation.

SteveSW · Answer

For now you can do the following:

You know the name of the alert when you create it, you can add the alert name into the text of the alert message where you were planning on putting the macro.

FormerMember · Answer

Chris,

We're sorry that you're annoyed, but we did not remove the feature from the product.  We have not yet implemented it in the Advanced Alert Engine.  That should be done in the next release.

Regards,

Denny

chris.schear · Answer

When Solarwinds actually removes items/features that existed in previous releases, fails to include them in updates/new releases, and states they have them earmarked for addition in subsequent, new releases...I find that practice not only unacceptable, but annoying.

Superior versions of a product should not lack basic features that existed in previous releases, only to have those features being added in later.  This flux of feature presence, depending on specific version, creates significant issues to the customer.  While this particular feature has minimal impact, I'm sure you can understand where I'm coming from with regards to "vanishing" features in updates.