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How do I get parent groups parent group in PRTG API?

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So I have quite the hierarchy of groups containing over 2500 sensors in total. Through the API I have managed to get info regarding each of these sensors but the only thing I'm missing is that I'd like to know the name of a sensors parent's parent. Right now I have i.e. a sensor of type ping. The ping sensor's parent is a group of a specific name which in this case is the name of a school. In that group there are other sensors specific to that school as well. So on average there are maybe a 5-10 sensors per school and maybe 20-30 schools per brand (said parent group). Now I would like to know how I get the name of the parent group of a sensors parent group. Below is kind of an example of what I'm trying to achieve in which case I'm trying to get the name of the School Brand A group.

[] - School Brand A (group)

[] - School A (group)

[] - Sensor 1 (sensor) [] - Sensor 2 (sensor) [] - School B (group)

[] - Sensor 1 (sensor) [] - Sensor 2 (sensor)

Thank you in advance

group groups hierarchy prtg sensor

Created on Sep 30, 2019 7:38:55 AM



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Hello,
I'm afraid, it's not possible to get the name of a sensors parent's parent by using a single API call. You would need to use 2 calls for this:
1. API call: Get the ID of the sensors parent
2. API call: Use this ID to get the name of its parent.
You'll find all available API calls in your PRTG Web interface at "Setup > PRTG API".

Kind Regards,
Timo Dambach
Paessler Tech Support

Created on Sep 30, 2019 9:50:12 AM by Timo Dambach [Paessler Support]



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Okay thank you for the help!

Created on Oct 2, 2019 10:55:01 AM




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