5 Screens

Overview

Screen export contains the screen structure - all screen settings and all screen elements along with their configuration.

Anything included in the screen itself (like a host, host group or any other data) is not exported. Thus, if at least one of the elements the screen refers to is missing, importing it will fail.

Exporting

To export screens, do the following:

Go to: Monitoring → Screens
Mark the checkboxes of the screens to export
Click on Export below the list

Selected screens are exported to a local XML file with default name zabbix_export_screens.xml.

Importing

To import screens, do the following:

Go to: Monitoring → Screens
Click on Import to the right
Select the import file
Mark the required options in import rules
Click on Import

All mandatory input fields are marked with a red asterisk.

A success or failure message of the import will be displayed in the frontend.

Import rules:

Rule	Description
Update existing	Existing screens will be updated with data taken from the import file. Otherwise they will not be updated.
Create new	The import will add new screens using data from the import file. Otherwise it will not add them.

Export format

Exporting a small screen with two graphs taking up the first row of the screen.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <zabbix_export>
           <version>5.0</version>
           <date>2020-04-22T09:22:17Z</date>
           <screens>
               <screen>
                   <name>Zabbix server</name>
                   <hsize>2</hsize>
                   <vsize>3</vsize>
                   <screen_items>
                       <screen_item>
                           <resourcetype>0</resourcetype>
                           <width>300</width>
                           <height>80</height>
                           <x>0</x>
                           <y>0</y>
                           <colspan>1</colspan>
                           <rowspan>1</rowspan>
                           <elements>0</elements>
                           <valign>0</valign>
                           <halign>0</halign>
                           <style>0</style>
                           <url/>
                           <dynamic>1</dynamic>
                           <sort_triggers>0</sort_triggers>
                           <resource>
                               <name>CPU load</name>
                               <host>Zabbix host</host>
                           </resource>
                           <max_columns>3</max_columns>
                           <application/>
                       </screen_item>
                       <screen_item>
                           <resourcetype>0</resourcetype>
                           <width>300</width>
                           <height>80</height>
                           <x>1</x>
                           <y>0</y>
                           <colspan>1</colspan>
                           <rowspan>1</rowspan>
                           <elements>0</elements>
                           <valign>0</valign>
                           <halign>0</halign>
                           <style>0</style>
                           <url/>
                           <dynamic>1</dynamic>
                           <sort_triggers>0</sort_triggers>
                           <resource>
                               <name>CPU utilization</name>
                               <host>Zabbix host</host>
                           </resource>
                           <max_columns>3</max_columns>
                           <application/>
                       </screen_item>
                   </screen_items>
               </screen>
           </screens>
       </zabbix_export>

Element tags

Element tag values are explained in the table below.

Element	Element property	Type	Range	Description
screens
screen
	name	`string`		Unique screen name.
	hsize	`integer`		Horizontal size, number of columns.
	vsize	`integer`		Vertical size, number of rows.
screen_items
screen_item
	resourcetype	`integer`	0 - graph 1 - simple graph 2 - map 3 - plain text 4 - host info 5 - trigger info 6 - server info 7 - clock 9 - trigger overview 10 - data overview 11 - URL 12 - history of actions 13 - history of events 14 - host group issues 15 - problems by severity 16 - host issues 19 - simple graph prototype 20 - graph prototype	Resource type.
	width	`integer`		Width of the screen item (in pixels) if 'resourcetype' is 0, 1, 7, 11, 19 or 20.
	height	`integer`		Height of the screen item (in pixels) if 'resourcetype' is 0, 1, 7, 11, 19 or 20.
	x	`integer`		X-coordinates of the screen item on the screen, from left to right. '0' means start from first column.
	y	`integer`		Y-coordinates of the screen item on the screen, from top to bottom. '0' means start from first row.
	colspan	`integer`		Number of columns the screen item will span across.
	rowspan	`integer`		Number or rows the screen item will span across.
	elements	`integer`		Number of lines to display on the screen item if 'resourcetype' is 3, 12, 13, 14 or 16.
	valign	`integer`	0 - middle (default) 1 - top 2 - bottom	Vertical alignment.
	halign	`integer`	0 - center (default) 1 - left 2 - right	Horizontal alignment.
	style	`integer`	0 - plain text 1 - HTML	Option of displaying screen item if 'resourcetype' is 3.
		`integer`	0 - local time 1 - server time 2 - host time	Option of displaying screen item if 'resourcetype' is 7.
		`integer`	0 - horizontal 1 - vertical	Option of displaying screen item if 'resourcetype' is 4,5.
		`integer`	0 - left side 1 - top	Option of displaying screen item if 'resourcetype' is 9,10.
	url	`string`		Link URL if 'resourcetype' is 11.
	dynamic	`integer`	0 - no 1 - yes	Make screen item dynamic if 'resourcetype' is 0, 1, 3, 19 or 20.
	sort_triggers	`integer`	0 - last change (descending) 1 - severity (descending) 2 - host (ascending)	Option to sort triggers by if 'resourcetype' is 14,16.
	sort_triggers	`integer`	3 - time (ascending) 4 - time (descending) 5 - type (ascending) 6 - type (descending) 7 - status (ascending) 8 - status (descending) 9 - retries left (ascending) 10 - retries left (descending) 11 - recipient (ascending) 12 - recipient (descending)	Option to sort triggers by if 'resourcetype' is 12.
	max_columns	`integer`		In how many columns generated graphs should be displayed in the screen cell if 'resourcetype' is 19 or 20. Useful when there are many LLD-generated graphs.
	application	`string`		Filter by application name if 'resourcetype' is 9 or 10.
resource
	name	`string`		Resource name.
	host	`string`		Resource host.

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