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Action object
The following objects are directly related to the action API.
Action
The action object has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| actionid | ID | ID of the action. Property behavior: - read-only - required for update operations |
| esc_period | string | Default operation step duration. Must be at least 60 seconds. Accepts seconds, time unit with suffix, or a user macro. Property behavior: - supported if eventsource is set to "event created by a trigger", "internal event", or "event created on service status update" |
| eventsource | integer | Type of events that the action will handle. Refer to the event source property for a list of supported event types.Property behavior: - constant - required for create operations |
| name | string | Name of the action. Property behavior: - required for create operations |
| status | integer | Whether the action is enabled or disabled. Possible values: 0 - (default) enabled; 1 - disabled. |
| pause_symptoms | integer | Whether to pause escalation if event is a symptom event. Possible values: 0 - Don't pause escalation for symptom problems; 1 - (default) Pause escalation for symptom problems. Property behavior: - supported if eventsource is set to "event created by a trigger" |
| pause_suppressed | integer | Whether to pause escalation during maintenance periods or not. Possible values: 0 - Don't pause escalation; 1 - (default) Pause escalation. Property behavior: - supported if eventsource is set to "event created by a trigger" |
| notify_if_canceled | integer | Whether to notify when escalation is canceled. Possible values: 0 - Don't notify when escalation is canceled; 1 - (default) Notify when escalation is canceled. Property behavior: - supported if eventsource is set to "event created by a trigger" |
Action operation
The action operation object defines an operation that will be performed when an action is executed. It has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| operationtype | integer | Type of operation. Possible values: 0 - send message; 1 - global script; 2 - add host; 3 - remove host; 4 - add to host group; 5 - remove from host group; 6 - link template; 7 - unlink template; 8 - enable host; 9 - disable host; 10 - set host inventory mode; 13 - add host tags; 14 - remove host tags. Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger" or "event created on service status update":0 - "send message"; 1 - "global script". Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "internal event":0 - "send message". Property behavior: - required |
| esc_period | string | Duration of an escalation step in seconds. Must be greater than 60 seconds. Accepts seconds, time unit with suffix, or a user macro. If set to 0 or 0s, the default action escalation period will be used. Default: 0s. Property behavior: - supported if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger", "internal event", or "event created on service status update" |
| esc_step_from | integer | Step to start escalation from. Default: 1. Property behavior: - supported if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger", "internal event", or "event created on service status update" |
| esc_step_to | integer | Step to end escalation at. Default: 1. Property behavior: - supported if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger", "internal event", or "event created on service status update" |
| evaltype | integer | Operation condition evaluation method. Possible values: 0 - (default) AND / OR; 1 - AND; 2 - OR. |
| opcommand | object | Global script to execute. The global script must have the scriptid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "global script" |
| opcommand_grp | array | Host groups to run global scripts on. The host groups must have the groupid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "global script" and opcommand_hst is not set |
| opcommand_hst | array | Host to run global scripts on. The hosts must have the hostid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "global script" and opcommand_grp is not set |
| opconditions | array | Operation conditions used for trigger actions. The operation condition object is described in detail below. |
| opgroup | array | Host groups to add hosts to. The host groups must have the groupid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "add to host group" or "remove from host group" |
| opmessage | object | Object containing the data about the message sent by the operation. The operation message object is described in detail below. Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "send message" |
| opmessage_grp | array | User groups to send messages to. The user groups must have the usrgrpid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "send message" and opmessage_usr is not set |
| opmessage_usr | array | Users to send messages to. The users must have the userid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "send message" and opmessage_grp is not set |
| optemplate | array | Templates to link to the hosts. The templates must have the templateid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "link template" or "unlink template" |
| opinventory | object | Inventory mode set host to. The inventory must have the inventory_mode property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "set host inventory mode" |
| optag | array | Host tags to add or remove. Tags must have tag property defined.The value property is optional. Property behavior: - supported if operationtype is set to "add host tags" or "remove host tags". |
Action operation message
The operation message object contains data about the message that will be sent by the operation. It has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| default_msg | integer | Whether to use the default action message text and subject. Possible values: 0 - use the data from the operation; 1 - (default) use the data from the media type. |
| mediatypeid | ID | ID of the media type that will be used to send the message. Property behavior: - supported if operationtype of Action operation object, Action recovery operation object, or Action update operation object is set to "send message", or if operationtype of Action update operation object is set to "notify all involved" |
| message | string | Operation message text. Property behavior: - supported if default_msg is set to "use the data from the operation" |
| subject | string | Operation message subject. Property behavior: - supported if default_msg is set to "use the data from the operation" |
Action operation condition
The action operation condition object defines a condition that must be met to perform the current operation. It has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| conditiontype | integer | Type of condition. Possible values: 14 - event acknowledged. Property behavior: - required |
| value | string | Value to compare with. Property behavior: - required |
| operator | integer | Condition operator. Possible values: 0 - (default) = |
The following operators and values are supported for each operation condition type.
| Condition | Condition name | Supported operators | Expected value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Event acknowledged | = | Whether the event is acknowledged. Possible values: 0 - not acknowledged; 1 - acknowledged. |
Action recovery operation
The action recovery operation object defines an operation that will be performed when a problem is resolved. Recovery operations are possible only for trigger, internal and service actions. It has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| operationtype | integer | Type of operation. Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger" or "event created on service status update":0 - send message; 1 - global script; 11 - notify all involved. Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "internal event":0 - send message; 11 - notify all involved. Property behavior: - required |
| opcommand | object | Global script to execute. The global script must have the scriptid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "global script" |
| opcommand_grp | array | Host groups to run global scripts on. The host groups must have the groupid property defined.Property behavior: - required if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger", and operationtype is set to "global script", and opcommand_hst is not set |
| opcommand_hst | array | Host to run global scripts on. The hosts must have the hostid property defined.Property behavior: - required if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger", and operationtype is set to "global script", and opcommand_grp is not set |
| opmessage | object | Object containing the data about the message sent by the recovery operation. The operation message object is described in detail above. Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "send message" |
| opmessage_grp | array | User groups to send messages to. The user groups must have the usrgrpid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "send message" and opmessage_usr is not set |
| opmessage_usr | array | Users to send messages to. The users must have the userid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "send message" and opmessage_grp is not set |
Action update operation
The action update operation object defines an operation that will be performed when a problem is updated (commented upon, acknowledged, severity changed, or manually closed). Update operations are possible only for trigger and service actions. It has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| operationtype | integer | Type of operation. Possible values: 0 - send message; 1 - global script; 12 - notify all involved. Property behavior: - required |
| opcommand | object | Global script to execute. The global script must have the scriptid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "global script" |
| opcommand_grp | array | Host groups to run global scripts on. The host groups must have the groupid property defined.Property behavior: - required if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger", and operationtype is set to "global script", and opcommand_hst is not set |
| opcommand_hst | array | Host to run global scripts on. The hosts must have the hostid property defined.Property behavior: - required if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger", and operationtype is set to "global script", and opcommand_grp is not set |
| opmessage | object | Object containing the data about the message sent by the update operation. The operation message object is described in detail above. |
| opmessage_grp | array | User groups to send messages to. The user groups must have the usrgrpid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "send message" and opmessage_usr is not set |
| opmessage_usr | array | Users to send messages to. The users must have the userid property defined.Property behavior: - required if operationtype is set to "send message" and opmessage_grp is not set |
Action filter
The action filter object defines a set of conditions that must be met to perform the configured action operations. It has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| conditions | array | Set of filter conditions to use for filtering results. The conditions will be sorted in the order of their placement in the formula. Property behavior: - required |
| evaltype | integer | Filter condition evaluation method. Possible values: 0 - and/or; 1 - and; 2 - or; 3 - custom expression. Property behavior: - required |
| eval_formula | string | Generated expression that will be used for evaluating filter conditions. The expression contains IDs that reference specific filter conditions by its formulaid. The value of eval_formula is equal to the value of formula for filters with a custom expression.Property behavior: - read-only |
| formula | string | User-defined expression to be used for evaluating conditions of filters with a custom expression. The expression must contain IDs that reference specific filter conditions by its formulaid. The IDs used in the expression must exactly match the ones defined in the filter conditions: no condition can remain unused or omitted.Property behavior: - required if evaltype is set to "custom expression" |
Action filter condition
The action filter condition object defines a specific condition that must be checked before running the action operations.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| conditiontype | integer | Type of condition. Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger":0 - host group; 1 - host; 2 - trigger; 3 - event name; 4 - trigger severity; 6 - time period; 13 - host template; 16 - problem is suppressed; 25 - event tag; 26 - event tag value. Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a discovery rule":7 - host IP; 8 - discovered service type; 9 - discovered service port; 10 - discovery status; 11 - uptime or downtime duration; 12 - received value; 18 - discovery rule; 19 - discovery check; 20 - proxy; 21 - discovery object. Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by active agent autoregistration":20 - proxy; 22 - host name; 24 - host metadata. Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "internal event":0 - host group; 1 - host; 13 - host template; 23 - event type; 25 - event tag; 26 - event tag value. Possible values if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created on service status update":25 - event tag; 26 - event tag value; 27 - service; 28 - service name. Property behavior: - required |
| value | string | Value to compare with. Property behavior: - required |
| value2 | string | Secondary value to compare with. Property behavior: - required if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created by a trigger", conditiontype is set to any possible value for trigger actions, and the type of condition (see below) is "26"- required if eventsource of Action object is set to "internal event", conditiontype is set to any possible value for internal actions, and the type of condition (see below) is "26"- required if eventsource of Action object is set to "event created on service status update", conditiontype is set to any possible value for service actions, and the type of condition (see below) is "26" |
| formulaid | string | Arbitrary unique ID that is used to reference the condition from a custom expression. Can only contain capital-case letters. The ID must be defined by the user when modifying filter conditions, but will be generated anew when requesting them afterward. |
| operator | integer | Condition operator. Possible values: 0 - (default) equals; 1 - does not equal; 2 - contains; 3 - does not contain; 4 - in; 5 - is greater than or equals; 6 - is less than or equals; 7 - not in; 8 - matches; 9 - does not match; 10 - Yes; 11 - No. |
To better understand how to use filters with various types of expressions, see examples on the action.get and action.create method pages.
The following operators and values are supported for each condition type.
| Condition | Condition name | Supported operators | Expected value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Host group | equals, does not equal |
Host group ID. |
| 1 | Host | equals, does not equal |
Host ID. |
| 2 | Trigger | equals, does not equal |
Trigger ID. |
| 3 | Event name | contains, does not contain |
Event name. |
| 4 | Trigger severity | equals, does not equal, is greater than or equals, is less than or equals |
Trigger severity. Refer to the trigger severity property for a list of supported trigger severities. |
| 5 | Trigger value | equals | Trigger value. Refer to the trigger value property for a list of supported trigger values. |
| 6 | Time period | in, not in | Time when the event was triggered as a time period. |
| 7 | Host IP | equals, does not equal |
One or several IP ranges to check, separated by commas. Refer to the network discovery configuration section for more information on supported formats of IP ranges. |
| 8 | Discovered service type | equals, does not equal |
Type of discovered service. The type of service matches the type of the discovery check used to detect the service. Refer to the discovery check type property for a list of supported types. |
| 9 | Discovered service port | equals, does not equal |
One or several port ranges, separated by commas. |
| 10 | Discovery status | equals | Status of a discovered object. Possible values: 0 - host or service up; 1 - host or service down; 2 - host or service discovered; 3 - host or service lost. |
| 11 | Uptime or downtime duration | is greater than or equals, is less than or equals |
Time indicating how long has the discovered object been in the current status in seconds. |
| 12 | Received values | equals, does not equal, is greater than or equals, is less than or equals, contains, does not contain |
Value returned when performing a Zabbix agent, SNMPv1, SNMPv2 or SNMPv3 discovery check. |
| 13 | Host template | equals, does not equal |
Linked template ID. |
| 16 | Problem is suppressed | Yes, No | No value required: using the "Yes" operator means that problem must be suppressed, "No" - not suppressed. |
| 18 | Discovery rule | equals, does not equal |
ID of the discovery rule. |
| 19 | Discovery check | equals, does not equal |
ID of the discovery check. |
| 20 | Proxy | equals, does not equal |
ID of the proxy. |
| 21 | Discovery object | equals | Type of object that triggered the discovery event. Possible values: 1 - discovered host; 2 - discovered service. |
| 22 | Host name | contains, does not contain, matches, does not match |
Host name. Using a regular expression is supported for operators matches and does not match in autoregistration conditions. |
| 23 | Event type | equals | Specific internal event. Possible values: 0 - item in "not supported" state; 1 - item in "normal" state; 2 - LLD rule in "not supported" state; 3 - LLD rule in "normal" state; 4 - trigger in "unknown" state; 5 - trigger in "normal" state. |
| 24 | Host metadata | contains, does not contain, matches, does not match |
Metadata of the auto-registered host. Using a regular expression is supported for operators matches and does not match. |
| 25 | Tag | equals, does not equal, contains, does not contain |
Event tag. |
| 26 | Tag value | equals, does not equal, contains, does not contain |
Event tag value. |
| 27 | Service | equals, does not equal |
Service ID. |
| 28 | Service name | equals, does not equal |
Service name. |