Alert Log
Retrieves alert actions from a host group and displays them in a chart, categorized by user and alert type.
Widgets
DataForge provides a diverse and continually expanding range of widgets. These widgets are primarily designed to retrieve specific data from a Zabbix server, with exceptions such as the markdown widget. They form the structure of reports.
Users with the necessary permissions can access all widget types while creating a report. However, data that is then retrieved by each widget from the Zabbix server depends on the Zabbix permissions of the service user.
Adding widgets
While creating and configuring a report, widgets can be added and configured. Each report has a dedicated section called Widgets, consisting of a button to add new widgets and a list of existing widgets. The list can be used to rearrange the widgets, or access the configuration page of a widget.
You can add widgets by clicking the plus, this will open a list of available widgets:
By clicking on the plus/minus icons of a widget, you can specify how many widgets of this type should be added to the list. The Information icon opens the documentation page for this widget. Once you have selected the widgets to be added, click on Add widgets. These then appear in the list for further configuration. To configure a widget, simply click on the entry in the list, which will open the configuration.
Configure widgets
Widgets can be configured when they are added to a report, or by configuring them via the widget configuration page. Click on the widget in order to open its configuration dialog. The configuration options may vary depending on the widget type.
All widgets have these three fields in common:
- Widget type: Displays the type of the widget.
- Name: The name of the widget.
- Description: Add a description for the widget.
In addition to the general settings, each widget must be configured depending on the type. All available widgets are listed below. There you will find further information on the configuration of the various widget types.
Once you’ve completed the configuration, click Done.
Widget types
Audit log
The audit log widget retrieves the audit log data from a Zabbix server and presents them in a list.
Busy triggers
Returns a list of triggers from a host group, that exceeded a specified amount of activations.
Host inventory
This widget retrieves the hosts inventory data from the Zabbix server. It is presented as a list in the PDF-rendered report.
Host numeric item
This widget retrieves numerical item data of a host from a Zabbix server displays it as a graph, alongside further information like the host’s id and interfaces.
Host text item
Fetches text item data of a host from a the Zabbix server and is displayed as a list in the PDF-rendered report.
Long problem
This widget retrieves data on long-standing problems of a host group. A long-standing problem is a problem that is open for a certain period of time, but at least one day.
Markdown
This widget doesn’t retrieve data, but can incorporate a markdown section into the report.
Mean time to interaction (MTTI)
The MTTI widget retrieves interaction data of triggers from of a host group and presents them in a list.
Mean time to recovery (MTTR)
The MTTI widget retrieves recovery data of triggers from of a host group and presents them in a list.
Problem
Fetches problem data of a host groups and can be further narrowed down by specifying hosts. For example the number of open and closed problems, severity, etc. of a host group.
SLA
Fetches data from services and SLAs of a Zabbix server.
Trigger state
The trigger state widget retrieves trigger data from a host group based on how much time a trigger has spent in the problem state.