Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!
I would like to ask that a new "object" class or "element" be created in Orion (might even need it's own small table in the DB). Currently, we can add nodes and other elements (servers, etc.), but we have to create custom fields for the majority of those elements to add any "address" related details. Once created, we then have to add all this info to each element (not hard, just tedious for TONS of locations and gear). I would like to propose we have a new "element type," or "nested custom field," or "object class" (whatever makes sense) for location information, that we can assign to other elements.
Initial fields:
- Common Name
- Location type (remote site, data center, HQ, etc.)
- Street 1
- Street 2
- City
- State (drop down item)
- Zip
- Country (drop down item)
- Lat/Long coordinates
- Room/closet (this could be optional or a custom added field)
This would allow us to create reports based on location, add sites to World Map easier, all kinds of great new things. And everything could be associated with this across any module, IPAM info, inventory info, NCM info...etc. This would also help us clean up the amount of custom fields we have in various places/modules. I could go on with all the goodness that will come from this request. There might even be other "common data" that could be done this way.
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