1 Items
- Overview
  - Mass editing options
  - Using filter

1 Items

Overview

The item list for a template can be accessed from Data collection → Templates by clicking on Items for the respective template.

A list of existing items is displayed.

Displayed data:

Column	Description
Item menu	Click on the three-dot icon to open the menu for this specific item with these options: Create trigger - create a trigger based on this item Triggers - click to see a list with links to already-configured trigger of this item Create dependent item - create a dependent item for this item Create dependent discovery rule - create a dependent discovery rule for this item
Template	Template the item belongs to. This column is displayed only if multiple templates are selected in the filter.
Name	Name of the item displayed as a blue link to item details. Clicking on the item name link opens the item configuration form. If the item is inherited from another template, the template name is displayed before the item name, as a gray link. Clicking on the template link will open the item list on that template level.
Triggers	Moving the mouse over Triggers will display an infobox displaying the triggers associated with the item. The number of the triggers is displayed in gray.
Key	Item key is displayed.
Interval	Frequency of the check is displayed.
History	How many days item data history will be kept is displayed.
Trends	How many days item trends history will be kept is displayed.
Type	Item type is displayed (Zabbix agent, SNMP agent, simple check, etc).
Status	Item status is displayed - Enabled or Disabled. By clicking on the status you can change it - from Enabled to Disabled (and back).
Tags	Item tags are displayed. Up to three tags (name:value pairs) can be displayed. If there are more tags, a “…” link is displayed that allows to see all tags on mouseover.

To configure a new item, click on the Create item button at the top right corner.

Mass editing options

Buttons below the list offer some mass-editing options:

Enable - change item status to Enabled.
Disable - change item status to Disabled.
Copy - copy the items to other hosts or templates.
Mass update - update several properties for a number of items at once.
Delete - delete the items.

To use these options, mark the checkboxes before the respective items, then click on the required button.

Using filter

The item list may contain a lot of items. By using the filter, you can filter out some of them to quickly locate the items you’ŗe looking for. For better search performance, data is searched with macros unresolved.

The Filter icon is available at the top right corner. Clicking on it will open a filter where you can specify the desired filtering criteria.

Parameter	Description
Template groups	Filter by one or more template groups. Specifying a parent template group implicitly selects all nested groups.
Templates	Filter by one or more templates.
Name	Filter by item name.
Key	Filter by item key.
Value mapping	Filter by the value map used. This parameter is not displayed if the Templates option is empty.
Type	Filter by item type (Zabbix agent, SNMP agent, etc.).
Type of information	Filter by type of information (Numeric unsigned, float, etc.).
History	Filter by how long item history is kept.
Trends	Filter by how long item trends are kept.
Update interval	Filter by item update interval.
Tags	Specify tags to limit the number of items displayed. It is possible to include as well as exclude specific tags and tag values. Several conditions can be set. Tag name matching is always case-sensitive. There are several operators available for each condition: Exists - include the specified tag names Equals - include the specified tag names and values (case-sensitive) Contains - include the specified tag names where the tag values contain the entered string (substring match, case-insensitive) Does not exist - exclude the specified tag names Does not equal - exclude the specified tag names and values (case-sensitive) Does not contain - exclude the specified tag names where the tag values contain the entered string (substring match, case-insensitive) There are two calculation types for conditions: And/Or - all conditions must be met, conditions having the same tag name will be grouped by the Or condition Or - enough if one condition is met
Status	Filter by item status - Enabled or Disabled.
Triggers	Filter items with (or without) triggers.
Inherited	Filter items inherited (or not inherited) from linked templates.

The Subfilter below the filter offers further filtering options (for the data already filtered). You can select groups of items with a common parameter value. Upon clicking on a group, it gets highlighted and only the items with this parameter value remain in the list.