display ifAlias or ifDescr in a report

[rchen14b]

On the report data template, I saw there are options like ifalias, ifDescr. Is that possible to use it as a measurand? Like display the ifalias for each of the data.

[netniV]

Not sure what you are asking, if anything here.

[rchen14b]

@netniV

Hey Mark,

What I meant is to add a string type data source to a report. For example, the ifAlias means the comment of a interface. If I want to show the comment of that interface. I just add a new measurand and put ifAlias on the formula part. So, the report will display all interface comments of each interface. Sort of like the picture below.

[netniV]

So, what you are saying is that under:

We should allow string as a type? We would have to automatically exclude it from calculations or it would error or have a mismatch when grouped if they aren't all the same name.

[rchen14b]

@netniV

If that possible to have a string type and then just display the string value without calculation? If we could add a string type at the drop list, and then just display it on each of the data row. It will be very helpful when you have some special comment of a interface and want display it along with the data.

[rchen14b]

@netniV
Hey Mark,

Any update? 😀

[netniV]

Unfortunately not. It'll be a week or two before some of my time will free up as I'm busy with a big work migration at the moment and have other things lined up in the downtime hours.