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Werk #7235: WATO now stores host/folder creation meta information

Component Setup
Title WATO now stores host/folder creation meta information
Date Mar 10, 2019
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

When either a host or folder is being created in WATO it now stores the creation time and creator ina meta data attribute. This attribute is shown at the bottom of the the host or folder edit dialog.

Hosts or folders created before 1.6 don't have such information stored and will show something like "Created sometime before 1.6".

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