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Description
These parameters and the possible property values for the respective dashboard widget field objects allow to configure the Plain text widget in dashboard.create and dashboard.update methods.
Widget fields properties are not validated during the creation or update of a dashboard. This allows users to modify built-in widgets and create custom widgets, but also introduces the risk of creating or updating widgets incorrectly. To ensure the successful creation or update of the Plain text widget, please refer to the parameter behavior outlined in the tables below.
Parameters
The following parameters are supported for the Plain text widget.
| Parameter | type | name | value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refresh interval | 0 | rf_rate | 0 - No refresh; 10 - 10 seconds; 30 - 30 seconds; 60 - (default) 1 minute; 120 - 2 minutes; 600 - 10 minutes; 900 - 15 minutes. |
| Items | 4 | itemids | Item ID. Note: To configure multiple items, create a dashboard widget field object for each item. Parameter behavior: - required |
| Items location | 0 | style | 0 - (default) Left; 1 - Top. |
| Show lines | 0 | show_lines | Valid values range from 1-100. Default: 25. |
| Show text as HTML | 0 | show_as_html | 0 - (default) Disabled; 1 - Enabled. |
| Enable host selection | 0 | dynamic | 0 - (default) Disabled; 1 - Enabled. |
Examples
The following examples aim to only describe the configuration of the dashboard widget field objects for the Plain text widget. For more information on configuring a dashboard, see dashboard.create.
Configuring a Plain text widget
Configure a Plain text widget that displays latest data for items "42269" and "42253". In addition, configure the item names to be located at the top of the data columns, and only 15 lines of data to be displayed.
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "dashboard.create",
"params": {
"name": "My dashboard",
"display_period": 30,
"auto_start": 1,
"pages": [
{
"widgets": [
{
"type": "plaintext",
"name": "Plain text",
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 6,
"height": 3,
"view_mode": 0,
"fields": [
{
"type": 4,
"name": "itemids",
"value": 42269
},
{
"type": 4,
"name": "itemids",
"value": 42253
},
{
"type": 0,
"name": "style",
"value": 1
},
{
"type": 0,
"name": "show_lines",
"value": 15
}
]
}
]
}
],
"userGroups": [
{
"usrgrpid": 7,
"permission": 2
}
],
"users": [
{
"userid": 1,
"permission": 3
}
]
},
"id": 1
}Response: