APM script variables

Unfortunately it is not possible to use ${Node.Caption} macro within script body. 

But maybe you could use {IP} macro (please note there is no '$'). It will give you IP address of a node. If this command does not support using IP instead of name, then you could extend the script to do reverse DNS lookup of node name based on node's IP and then use resolved DNS name in this command?

Can I ask for this as a feature enhancement?  It would be very nice if we could get data any data out of the database - note.name node.customproperty1

Or you could give us the ability to give monitors custom properties and then we could use them in scripts... or alerts.

Got it. Tracking internally as FB78184.

The following additional macros are now available in the SAM 6.0 RC (available now)

• ${USER}
• ${PASSWORD}
• ${PORT}
• ${Node.SysName}
• ${Node.Caption}
• ${Node.DNS}
• ${Node.ID}
• ${Component.ID}
• ${Component.Name}
• ${Application.Id}
• ${Application.Name}
• ${Application.TemplateId
• ${Threshold.Warning}
• ${Threshold.Critical}
• Node Custom Property Macros ${Node.CustomPropertyName}
• Application Custom Property Macros ${Application.CustomPropertyName}

aLTeReGo,  I am having difficulty calling our Node Custom Properties.  We have SAM 6.0.0 installed, is there something else I need to do in order to call the variables?

Thanks in advance...

Those macros are available only within the script body. Not within the Script Arguments field.

There's actually quite a bit of information on the use of SAM macros in script available in the thread below.

• http://thwack.solarwinds.com/ideas/2726

Thanks for the quick reply, here is the results of moving the variables to the script body.  FYI, this is a PowerShell monitor.

Sorry for the confusion. The issue is that the node custom property macro is ${Node.Custom.XXX}, not ${Node.CustomPropertyName} as referenced above. For example, if you have a node Custom Property named "City", the macro you would use in the script monitor is ${Node.Custom.City}.

Thanks aLTeReGo, that did the Trick!