> Action object

> Action object

The following objects are directly related to the action API.

Action

The action object has the following properties.

Property	Type	Description
actionid	string	ID of the action. Property behavior: - read-only - required for update operations
esc_period	string	Default operation step duration. Must be at least 60 seconds. Accepts seconds, time unit with suffix, or a user macro. Property behavior: - supported if `eventsource` is set to “event created by a trigger”, “internal event”, or “event created on service status update”
eventsource	integer	Type of events that the action will handle. Refer to the event source property for a list of supported event types. Property behavior: - constant - required for create operations
name	string	Name of the action. Property behavior: - required for create operations
status	integer	Whether the action is enabled or disabled. Possible values: 0 - (default) enabled; 1 - disabled.
pause_symptoms	integer	Whether to pause escalation if event is a symptom event. Possible values: 0 - Don’t pause escalation for symptom problems; 1 - (default) Pause escalation for symptom problems. Property behavior: - supported if `eventsource` is set to “event created by a trigger”
pause_suppressed	integer	Whether to pause escalation during maintenance periods or not. Possible values: 0 - Don’t pause escalation; 1 - (default) Pause escalation. Property behavior: - supported if `eventsource` is set to “event created by a trigger”
notify_if_canceled	integer	Whether to notify when escalation is canceled. Possible values: 0 - Don’t notify when escalation is canceled; 1 - (default) Notify when escalation is canceled. Property behavior: - supported if `eventsource` is set to “event created by a trigger”

Action operation

The action operation object defines an operation that will be performed when an action is executed. It has the following properties.

Property	Type	Description
operationtype	integer	Type of operation. Possible values: 0 - send message; 1 - global script; 2 - add host; 3 - remove host; 4 - add to host group; 5 - remove from host group; 6 - link to template; 7 - unlink from template; 8 - enable host; 9 - disable host; 10 - set host inventory mode. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger” or “event created on service status update”: 0 - “send message”; 1 - “global script”. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “internal event”: 0 - “send message”. Property behavior: - required
esc_period	string	Duration of an escalation step in seconds. Must be greater than 60 seconds. Accepts seconds, time unit with suffix, or a user macro. If set to 0 or 0s, the default action escalation period will be used. Default: 0s. Property behavior: - supported if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”, “internal event”, or “event created on service status update”
esc_step_from	integer	Step to start escalation from. Default: 1. Property behavior: - supported if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”, “internal event”, or “event created on service status update”
esc_step_to	integer	Step to end escalation at. Default: 1. Property behavior: - supported if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”, “internal event”, or “event created on service status update”
evaltype	integer	Operation condition evaluation method. Possible values: 0 - (default) AND / OR; 1 - AND; 2 - OR.
opcommand	object	Global script to execute. The global script must have the `scriptid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “global script”
opcommand_grp	array	Host groups to run global scripts on. The host groups must have the `groupid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “global script” and `opcommand_hst` is not set
opcommand_hst	array	Host to run global scripts on. The hosts must have the `hostid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “global script” and `opcommand_grp` is not set
opconditions	array	Operation conditions used for trigger actions. The operation condition object is described in detail below.
opgroup	array	Host groups to add hosts to. The host groups must have the `groupid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “add to host group” or “remove from host group”
opmessage	object	Object containing the data about the message sent by the operation. The operation message object is described in detail below. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “send message”
opmessage_grp	array	User groups to send messages to. The user groups must have the `usrgrpid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “send message” and `opmessage_usr` is not set
opmessage_usr	array	Users to send messages to. The users must have the `userid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “send message” and `opmessage_grp` is not set
optemplate	array	Templates to link the hosts to. The templates must have the `templateid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “link to template” or “unlink from template”
opinventory	object	Inventory mode set host to. The inventory must have the `inventory_mode` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “set host inventory mode”

Action operation message

The operation message object contains data about the message that will be sent by the operation. It has the following properties.

Property	Type	Description
default_msg	integer	Whether to use the default action message text and subject. Possible values: 0 - use the data from the operation; 1 - (default) use the data from the media type.
mediatypeid	string	ID of the media type that will be used to send the message. Property behavior: - supported if `operationtype` of Action operation object, Action recovery operation object, or Action update operation object is set to “send message”, or if `operationtype` of Action update operation object is set to “notify all involved”
message	string	Operation message text. Property behavior: - supported if `default_msg` is set to “use the data from the operation”
subject	string	Operation message subject. Property behavior: - supported if `default_msg` is set to “use the data from the operation”

Action operation condition

The action operation condition object defines a condition that must be met to perform the current operation. It has the following properties.

Property	Type	Description
conditiontype	integer	Type of condition. Possible values: 14 - event acknowledged. Property behavior: - required
value	string	Value to compare with. Property behavior: - required
operator	integer	Condition operator. Possible values: 0 - (default) =

The following operators and values are supported for each operation condition type.

Condition	Condition name	Supported operators	Expected value
14	Event acknowledged	=	Whether the event is acknowledged. Possible values: 0 - not acknowledged; 1 - acknowledged.

Action recovery operation

The action recovery operation object defines an operation that will be performed when a problem is resolved. Recovery operations are possible only for trigger, internal and service actions. It has the following properties.

Property	Type	Description
operationtype	integer	Type of operation. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger” or “event created on service status update”: 0 - send message; 1 - global script; 11 - notify all involved. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “internal event”: 0 - send message; 11 - notify all involved. Property behavior: - required
opcommand	object	Global script to execute. The global script must have the `scriptid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “global script”
opcommand_grp	array	Host groups to run global scripts on. The host groups must have the `groupid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”, and `operationtype` is set to “global script”, and `opcommand_hst` is not set
opcommand_hst	array	Host to run global scripts on. The hosts must have the `hostid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”, and `operationtype` is set to “global script”, and `opcommand_grp` is not set
opmessage	object	Object containing the data about the message sent by the recovery operation. The operation message object is described in detail above. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “send message”
opmessage_grp	array	User groups to send messages to. The user groups must have the `usrgrpid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “send message” and `opmessage_usr` is not set
opmessage_usr	array	Users to send messages to. The users must have the `userid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “send message” and `opmessage_grp` is not set

Action update operation

The action update operation object defines an operation that will be performed when a problem is updated (commented upon, acknowledged, severity changed, or manually closed). Update operations are possible only for trigger and service actions. It has the following properties.

Property	Type	Description
operationtype	integer	Type of operation. Possible values: 0 - send message; 1 - global script; 12 - notify all involved. Property behavior: - required
opcommand	object	Global script to execute. The global script must have the `scriptid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “global script”
opcommand_grp	array	Host groups to run global scripts on. The host groups must have the `groupid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”, and `operationtype` is set to “global script”, and `opcommand_hst` is not set
opcommand_hst	array	Host to run global scripts on. The hosts must have the `hostid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”, and `operationtype` is set to “global script”, and `opcommand_grp` is not set
opmessage	object	Object containing the data about the message sent by the update operation. The operation message object is described in detail above.
opmessage_grp	array	User groups to send messages to. The user groups must have the `usrgrpid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “send message” and `opmessage_usr` is not set
opmessage_usr	array	Users to send messages to. The users must have the `userid` property defined. Property behavior: - required if `operationtype` is set to “send message” and `opmessage_grp` is not set

Action filter

The action filter object defines a set of conditions that must be met to perform the configured action operations. It has the following properties.

Property	Type	Description
conditions	array	Set of filter conditions to use for filtering results. Property behavior: - required
evaltype	integer	Filter condition evaluation method. Possible values: 0 - and/or; 1 - and; 2 - or; 3 - custom expression. Property behavior: - required
eval_formula	string	Generated expression that will be used for evaluating filter conditions. The expression contains IDs that reference specific filter conditions by its `formulaid`. The value of `eval_formula` is equal to the value of `formula` for filters with a custom expression. Property behavior: - read-only
formula	string	User-defined expression to be used for evaluating conditions of filters with a custom expression. The expression must contain IDs that reference specific filter conditions by its `formulaid`. The IDs used in the expression must exactly match the ones defined in the filter conditions: no condition can remain unused or omitted. Property behavior: - required if `evaltype` is set to “custom expression”

Action filter condition

The action filter condition object defines a specific condition that must be checked before running the action operations.

Property	Type	Description
conditiontype	integer	Type of condition. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”: 0 - host group; 1 - host; 2 - trigger; 3 - trigger name; 4 - trigger severity; 6 - time period; 13 - host template; 16 - problem is suppressed; 25 - event tag; 26 - event tag value. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a discovery rule”: 7 - host IP; 8 - discovered service type; 9 - discovered service port; 10 - discovery status; 11 - uptime or downtime duration; 12 - received value; 18 - discovery rule; 19 - discovery check; 20 - proxy; 21 - discovery object. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by active agent autoregistration”: 20 - proxy; 22 - host name; 24 - host metadata. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “internal event”: 0 - host group; 1 - host; 13 - host template; 23 - event type; 25 - event tag; 26 - event tag value. Possible values if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created on service status update”: 25 - event tag; 26 - event tag value; 27 - service; 28 - service name. Property behavior: - required
value	string	Value to compare with. Property behavior: - required
value2	string	Secondary value to compare with. Property behavior: - required if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created by a trigger”, `conditiontype` is set to any possible value for trigger actions, and the type of condition (see below) is “26” - required if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “internal event”, `conditiontype` is set to any possible value for internal actions, and the type of condition (see below) is “26” - required if `eventsource` of Action object is set to “event created on service status update”, `conditiontype` is set to any possible value for service actions, and the type of condition (see below) is “26”
formulaid	string	Arbitrary unique ID that is used to reference the condition from a custom expression. Can only contain capital-case letters. The ID must be defined by the user when modifying filter conditions, but will be generated anew when requesting them afterward.
operator	integer	Condition operator. Possible values: 0 - (default) equals; 1 - does not equal; 2 - contains; 3 - does not contain; 4 - in; 5 - is greater than or equals; 6 - is less than or equals; 7 - not in; 8 - matches; 9 - does not match; 10 - Yes; 11 - No.

To better understand how to use filters with various types of expressions, see examples on the action.get and action.create method pages.

The following operators and values are supported for each condition type.

Condition	Condition name	Supported operators	Expected value
0	Host group	equals, does not equal	Host group ID.
1	Host	equals, does not equal	Host ID.
2	Trigger	equals, does not equal	Trigger ID.
3	Trigger name	contains, does not contain	Trigger name.
4	Trigger severity	equals, does not equal, is greater than or equals, is less than or equals	Trigger severity. Refer to the trigger severity property for a list of supported trigger severities.
5	Trigger value	equals	Trigger value. Refer to the trigger value property for a list of supported trigger values.
6	Time period	in, not in	Time when the event was triggered as a time period.
7	Host IP	equals, does not equal	One or several IP ranges to check, separated by commas. Refer to the network discovery configuration section for more information on supported formats of IP ranges.
8	Discovered service type	equals, does not equal	Type of discovered service. The type of service matches the type of the discovery check used to detect the service. Refer to the discovery check type property for a list of supported types.
9	Discovered service port	equals, does not equal	One or several port ranges, separated by commas.
10	Discovery status	equals	Status of a discovered object. Possible values: 0 - host or service up; 1 - host or service down; 2 - host or service discovered; 3 - host or service lost.
11	Uptime or downtime duration	is greater than or equals, is less than or equals	Time indicating how long has the discovered object been in the current status in seconds.
12	Received values	equals, does not equal, is greater than or equals, is less than or equals, contains, does not contain	Value returned when performing a Zabbix agent, SNMPv1, SNMPv2 or SNMPv3 discovery check.
13	Host template	equals, does not equal	Linked template ID.
16	Problem is suppressed	Yes, No	No value required: using the “Yes” operator means that problem must be suppressed, “No” - not suppressed.
18	Discovery rule	equals, does not equal	ID of the discovery rule.
19	Discovery check	equals, does not equal	ID of the discovery check.
20	Proxy	equals, does not equal	ID of the proxy.
21	Discovery object	equals	Type of object that triggered the discovery event. Possible values: 1 - discovered host; 2 - discovered service.
22	Host name	contains, does not contain, matches, does not match	Host name. Using a regular expression is supported for operators matches and does not match in autoregistration conditions.
23	Event type	equals	Specific internal event. Possible values: 0 - item in “not supported” state; 1 - item in “normal” state; 2 - LLD rule in “not supported” state; 3 - LLD rule in “normal” state; 4 - trigger in “unknown” state; 5 - trigger in “normal” state.
24	Host metadata	contains, does not contain, matches, does not match	Metadata of the auto-registered host. Using a regular expression is supported for operators matches and does not match.
25	Tag	equals, does not equal, contains, does not contain	Event tag.
26	Tag value	equals, does not equal, contains, does not contain	Event tag value.
27	Service	equals, does not equal	Service ID.
28	Service name	equals, does not equal	Service name.