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.PARAMETER_DISPLAY_TYPE - Looking for Documenation

twwils0n over 11 years ago

I'm trying to find documentation on the .PARAMETER_DISPLAY_TYPE parameter definition syntax. I stumbled across this in another thwack post and found that it supports a "listbox" option, but I can't find any documentation on it beyond that. The NCM Administrator Guide doesn't have anything, SolarWinds Support did not have anything (and submitted it as an documentation enhancement request).

Anyone have any official/unofficial documentation about this parameter? If there's other documentation outside the NCM Administrator guide on the Change Config Templates, I'd appreciate a pointer to that as well.

Thanks,

Tom Wilson

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danielleh over 11 years ago +1

Doc: Understanding Config Change Template Semantics Product Blog: NCM Config Change Templates Video Tutorial: Orion NCM: Using Config Change Templates - Videos | SolarWinds . Hope this helps! DH

0 danielleh over 11 years ago

Doc: Understanding Config Change Template Semantics
Product Blog: NCM Config Change Templates
Video Tutorial:Orion NCM: Using Config Change Templates - Videos | SolarWinds.
Hope this helps!
DH
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0 twwils0n over 11 years ago in reply to danielleh

Thanks. But I've already read the Doc and Product Blog. They don't provide any information on the .PARAMETER_DISPLAY_TYPE. I'll have to watch the video to see if it provides any information.
I was hoping someone (e.g. one of the developers for NCM) might be able to weigh in and provide more details on the .PARAMETER_DISPLAY_TYPE (and any other undocumented features/functions that are available).
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0 danielleh over 11 years ago in reply to twwils0n

I'll ping Dev to look into this.
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0 tdanner over 11 years ago

For an example of how to use .PARAMETER_DISPLAY_TYPE, you can look at the "Enalbe NetFlow on Cisco IOS" template that ships with NCM. In the comment block at the top of the script, it has these lines:
.PARAMETER_DISPLAY_TYPE @BGPAS
listbox: 1=N/A|2=peer-as|3=origin-as
This causes the website to display a listbox with those options for filling in the BGPAS parameter for the template.
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0 twwils0n over 11 years ago in reply to tdanner

Thanks. I've looked at the examples which is what raised my question for documentation. I was hoping there would be more detailed documentation what options .PARAMETER_DISPLAY_TYPE supports and the functionality of those options.
For example, at first I thought the listbox was a name-value pair list, but it doesn't appear so. This would be ideal for a use case I have for the router administrators to pick what region a particular router is in and assign a specific TACACS encryption key to a variable based on the region chosen. (I'll end up doing this with a series of if-else statements, but it would be easier to maintain with a name-value pair functionality.)
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