MACRO PROBLEM

[Morris, Patrick]

Khurram Malik wrote:
> Hi
>  
> I am using Nagios 3.0.6 and in an integration project i want Nagios to 
> send alerts to Netcool. I am using Host/Service Global Event Handlers. 
> I am able to get the maximum information via the following macros
>  
> $SERVICESTATE$ $SERVICESTATETYPE$ $SERVICEATTEMPT$ $SERVICEDESC$
>  
> But i also want some other info via macros and i am using the 
> following link to see if macro is enabled or disabled
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/macrolist.html#hostoutput
>  
> I want to get CONTACTEMAIL and CONTACTPAGER contents but these macros 
> are disabled with Global Host/Service handler, what is the easiest way 
> to get info for the conact macros with Global Event Handlers. I can 
> see $_CONTACTGROUPMEMBERS$_ is enabled with Global Event Handlers but 
> I am unable to get any value, seems like a bug.

This is not a bug. These macros are not available with event handlers, 
since eventhandlers do not have contacts associated with them. If you 
look at the matrix on tha page you linked, you'll see that CONTACTEMAIL 
and CONTACTPAGER work only with host and service notifications.

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