change a system's minionid or use hostname to get readable system health tags

[andre.buurman@carya]

When I add a system health tag to a dashboard control it has a long system prefix, which is hard to trace back to the system it originates from.

I somehow traced it back to being a minionid for the particular system, it is changeable to something readable? If so, where would it need to be changed.

[GreyGrey]

Currently, there isn't a way to change the health monitoring tag or minion ID. The minion ID is included in the tag name because it ensures that the tag name will be unique. However, when it's a minion ID for a Windows system, this can make it hard to figure out which system that it corresponds to. 

Would it be helpful if there was a column that would list the system that it was tied to?

[andre.buurman@carya]

Hello Brandon,

It would if it is also visible in e.g. dashboard builder when selecting tags to display.

[GreyGrey]

Are you normally looking for the tags when in the Dashboard Editor as opposed to actually being in the Tag Viewer?

[andre.buurman@carya]

It's a bit to soon to answer that question I just started investigating the possibilities. Personally I think I would probably use the tag viewer to find tags for use in webvis (have more freedom) and leave dashboard builder for quick research.