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Value extraction using Regular Expression: Custom String Sensor

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Hi,

I have a custom string sensor - want to do some processing of the result (either "directly" or in an offline script), but ... how do I see the last response / reply string? I can see the response timing (e.g. 15 ms), but not the string itself. And then ... how do I test string processing (seeing output based on input and processing defined)?

Thanks!

extraction message regex script snmpcustomstringsensor string value

Created on Jun 25, 2015 12:30:16 PM

Last change on Jun 29, 2015 6:38:03 AM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]



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Hello
I'll try to answer this with an example.

If you create a SNMP Custom String sensor that monitors the 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 OID of an HP Switch, it will as an example show the following message:

ProCurve J9021A Switch 2810-24G, revision N.11.64, ROM N.10.01 (/sw/code/build/bass)

If you wanted to extract the revision number, you can use regular expressions to accomplish that, in this case (\d+\.\d+) with a Group Index of 2 provides the following result:

11,64

The regular expression (regex) can be entered within the Sensor's settings, under the "Extended Processing" heading. Once this has been configured the following sensor query will be processed accordingly.

Note: A result of -999999999999 indicates that the extracted value could not be converted into a number.

You can additionally check with our SNMP Tester if the monitored OID returns a String and it's value.

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Additional links:

Manual: Custom String Sensor

Manual: Regular Expressions

External: regex101.com

Created on Jun 26, 2015 12:20:57 PM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]

Last change on Aug 2, 2016 10:11:18 AM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]



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Thanks for the example! Is there no way to see the data returned inside PRTG? For example, does it not show "ProCurve J9021A Switch 2810-24G, revision N.11.64, ROM N.10.01 (/sw/code/build/bass)" anywhere?

Thanks again.

Created on Jun 26, 2015 4:37:10 PM



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The "Raw" message is always displayed by default as a message within PRTG, as such it is not stored, PRTG will only store numerical values. (That can be graphed/processed)

Once the SNMP Custom String Sensor returns a valid result and a numerical value is extracted that value will be stored by PRTG (It will show up as a new channel called Extracted Value)

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  1. In Blue: please see the original message that the provided OID returns, it is only displayed as a sensor message.
  2. In Red: the Sensor's channels. Channel data is stored/graphed.

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Created on Jun 29, 2015 6:36:48 AM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]

Last change on Jun 29, 2015 6:42:25 AM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]




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