Werk #16149: New OrderBy header in livestatus
| Component | Livestatus | ||||
| Title | New OrderBy header in livestatus | ||||
| Date | Jan 29, 2024 | ||||
| Level | Trivial Change | ||||
| Class | New Feature | ||||
| Compatibility | Compatible - no manual interaction needed | ||||
| Checkmk versions & editions |
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We provide a new header for livestatus that returns the rows in sorted order.
For example, to sort host names in descending order
$ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name desc'
zhost
yhost
xhost
...
in ascending order
$ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name asc'
ahost
bhost
...
or, alternatively without asc,
$ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name'
ahost
bhost
...
The OrderBy header can be combined with the Limit header to
limit the number of results as expected.
$ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name\nLimit: 1'
ahost
Furthermore, it is possible to sort on dictionary keys with the following syntax
$ lq << EOF
GET services
Columns: host_name description performance_data
OrderBy: performance_data.user_time
EOF
...