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Lewis_Beard
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3 years ago

Devices: Relationiship between name and displayName

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    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    The name field is the value of system.hostname, which is typically the address used to contact the device. It could be an IP address, a FQDN, an mDNS name, etc. As long as the Collector can resolve it. Think of it this way, if you were to put the "name" into a ping command, would it ping properly?

    The displayName is simply the display name shown in the UI. If they are the same, the most notable difference is in the breadcrumbs at the top of the resource page. This is what it looks like when it's different:

    This is what it looks like when they're the same:

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Anonymous
3 years ago

The name field is the value of system.hostname, which is typically the address used to contact the device. It could be an IP address, a FQDN, an mDNS name, etc. As long as the Collector can resolve it. Think of it this way, if you were to put the "name" into a ping command, would it ping properly?

The displayName is simply the display name shown in the UI. If they are the same, the most notable difference is in the breadcrumbs at the top of the resource page. This is what it looks like when it's different:

This is what it looks like when they're the same: