Werk #13731: HW/SW Inventory: Remove 'declare_invtable_view' for registration of table views

Component	HW/SW inventory
Title	HW/SW Inventory: Remove 'declare_invtable_view' for registration of table views
Date	Aug 2, 2022
Level	Trivial Change
Class	New Feature
Compatibility	Incompatible - Manual interaction might be required
Checkmk versions & editions	2.2.0b1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.2.0b1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.2.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Previously a table in the HW/SW inventory tree could be opened as an own view if

• the view name was added to the related display hint (with suffix "_of_host") and
• the view was declared with "declare_invtable_view".

The view declaration function "declare_invtable_view" was removed. Thus you also have to remove this function from your modules in order to avoid import errors.

Moreover the view name does not have to end with "_of_host".

Example:

inventory_displayhints.update({
    ...
    ".software.packages:": {
        "title": _l("Software packages"),
        "icon": "packages",
        "view": "invswpac_of_host",
        "keyorder": ["name", "version", "arch", "package_type", "summary"],
    },
    ...
}

declare_invtable_view(
    "invswpac",             # view name
    ".software.packages:",  # legacy path
    _("Software package"),  # title singular
    _("Software packages"), # title plural
)

Now only the view name in the related display hint has to be stated.

inventory_displayhints.update({
    ...
    ".software.packages:": {
        "title": _l("Software packages"),
        "icon": "packages",
        "view": "invswpac",
        "keyorder": ["name", "version", "arch", "package_type", "summary"],
    },
    ...
}

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