Update custom property based on node values

Question

Any way to have the system automatically fill in a custom property value.

For example - if the server name is location-purpose-department can I set the custom property for location based on the location in the sever name (node name)? Same for the purpose and department.

Example

Node Name: DC1-SQL-WebDev

The custom properties for this node would autofill with

Location: DC1

Purpose: SQL

Department: WebDev

borgan · Answer

I can verify the solution offered by mesverrum. This very thing was talked about yesterday at Thwack Camp. Define the Node Name in the Trigger Conditions, then use the Trigger Actions to define what custom properties to set and the values that should be assigned. Better yet, if Nodes with one particular custom property value (e.g. City = Dallas), should all have the same values for other custom properties, then use the common custom property in the Trigger Conditions, and define the additional custom property in the Trigger Actions.

mesverrum · Answer

Technically you can do it without scripts and such by making an alert action to set the property.

ioan_bucsa · Answer

NPM/Orion cannot do that out of the box. You would need to make use of the API and/or some custom scripting.