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Custom Sensor - Return code as Date

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Hello,

we are successfully using some powershell scripts to monitor different things. The only problem or question we have is, is it possible to give a date as a value back to ptrg? We want the date to be shown in prtg dashboard underneath the Sensor Name.

e.g.

write-host "0:Awesome"

returns #0 in dashboard and "awesome" as text.

write-host "18.12.2017:Awesome"

is not functional.

write-host "18122017:Awesome"

returns "18.122.017" in dashboard and "awesome" as text.

Thanks for your Ideas on this!

custom-sensor prtg value

Created on Dec 18, 2017 10:43:38 AM

Last change on Dec 18, 2017 11:03:15 AM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]



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Hi there,

Unfortunately, that is not possible as it is not possible to graph a date in graphs. Therefore no "Date"-Unit is available.

Would it be possible to use a custom advanced sensor instead where you give out three channels, Day, Month, Year. This would then show the date, just divided in three channels.

Best regards.

Created on Dec 18, 2017 2:11:22 PM by Dariusz Gorka [Paessler Support]




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