RE: [hobbit] Combo tests / feature request

["Cleaver, Japheth" <jcleaver (at) soe.sony.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jelle Smet [mailto:Jelle.Smet (at) teleatlas.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:05 AM
> To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> Subject: [hobbit] Combo tests / feature request
> 
> 	"A simple test - e.g. "Web1.http" - results in the value "1" if
> the 	"http" test for server "Web1" is green, yellow or clear. It
> yields the 	value "0" if it is red, purple or blue."
> 
> In our case disabling the combo test would also be required too to
> prevent alerts being generated for the combo test.
> 
> My request is that it would be nice to have the ability to define
which
> colours have a 1 value and which have a 0 value, which would make
combo
> rules even more flexible.  It might be that this behaviour is already
> available, but then I have overlooked this.
> 
> 
> What are your thoughts?

Sounds reasonable to me. A blue status, IMHO, should always map to a "no
problem" state. It might be distinguished from a clear status, which is
sort of an "abstain".

-jc