Hello We plan to batch populate many sites from Group Templates

I am using Powershell to clone a template in which the location is inherited from above then I go through every cloned object to set several properties

In the top cloned group I set the location: Set-PRTGDeviceAttribute $NewGroup.Id location $StringAddressWithSeveralLines The function calls /api/setobjectproperty.htm?id=$deviceID&name=$attribute&value=$value$authenticate

This works (i.e. the address is present in the location field)

Then I disable inheritance Set-PRTGDeviceAttribute $NewGroup.Id location_ 0 It calls the same function: /api/setobjectproperty.htm?id=$deviceID&name=$attribute&value=$value$authenticate

name is location_ and value is 0 (according to the documentation)

This does not work

I tried to disable inheritance first then set the address, tried to use 1 instead 0 after disabling inheritance from the GUI

Nothing works Could you please help?

I have thought of a last option: disable inheritance with an empty address in the template but this would be a bad option as the template may be used for other usages, where inheritance must be enabled

Thank you upfront

Article Comments

Location inheritance is controlled via the locationgroup property

$id = 1001

Invoke-WebRequest http://prtg.example.com/editsettings?id=$id&locationgroup=0&username=prtgadmin&passhash=12345678

Regards, lordmilko


Mar, 2018 - Permalink

Thank you locationgroup was not in the api doc of our server


Mar, 2018 - Permalink

Thanks, @lordmilko! Much appreciated! :)

Kind regards,
Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team


Mar, 2018 - Permalink