External Tools Placeholders

Ping Monitor allows you to use placeholders when defining a command to be launched as the external tool from the host's pop-up menu. You can use the following placeholders when specifying the command:

%REMOTE_HOST%

the remote host being monitored, including the host label, if defined;

%REMOTE_HOST_ADDRESS%

the address of the remote host being monitored;

%REMOTE_HOST_LABEL%

the label of the remote host being monitored;

%REMOTE_HOST_IP%

the resolved IP address of the remote host;

%REMOTE_HOST_GROUP%

the group the remote host belongs to;

%REMOTE_HOST_DESCRIPTION%

the description of the remote host being monitored;

%LOCAL_HOST%

the name of the machine on which the product is running;

%RUNNING_PRODUCT%

the running product name;

%PRODUCT_VERSION%

the current version of the running product;

%TIME%

the report generation time in a long format;

%DATE%

the report generation date in a short format;

%DATETIME%

the report generation date with the report generation time;

%YEAR%

the current year.