Creating a link to host in alert notification

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Hi,

Is it possible to include a link to the hosts main page/service page in the alert notification? In the same way in the description we have $Host$, is there a similar tag we can use for the link?

This is something we need for our service desk to be able to open and view from an alert.

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Hi,

you can add it to your notification rule via Ā»Notification Method > Insert HTML section between body and tableĀ«:

<HTMLTAG><div style='font-size: 150%'><a href="https://<your-checkmk-url>/<cmk-site>/check_mk/view.py?host=$HOSTNAME$&view_name=host">View in Monitoring</a></div></HTMLTAG>
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I should have said this is a ServiceNow integration, I donā€™t see that option there.

Can you enter the code into the host description area?

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Also it is coming through like this in my email notifications:

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Sorry, I have no experience with ServiceNow.
But you can edit the HTML section to only use the hyperlink tag <a>:

<a href="https://<your-checkmk-url>/<cmk-site>/check_mk/view.py?host=$HOSTNAME$&view_name=host">View in Monitoring</a>
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How can you get it to appear nicely in the table though? Even without ServiceNow it still appears above the table as in my screenshot above?

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I see, that is how we do that.
When you set the notification option Ā»URL prefix for links to CheckmkĀ« to automatic http/s, the Hostname will include a link, but not to the service overview, instead you will get to the host status. Does this help you? From there you can click on Ā»Services of HostĀ«.

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