A bunch of feature requests :)

[XXLRay]

After playing around with octopussy 1.0.14 a bit I found it would be nice to have some of the following features.

• Fix HEXA_NUMBER type issue Have HEXA_NUMBER only eight instead of four digits e.g. for xid in dhcp logs
• Be able to change graph colors. Some are not alerting enough.
• When selecting and editing a new unknown message type it would be cool if one could mark the text and click on field type to replace it instead of needing to type it manually.
• Sort fields alphabetically in message edit mode
• Being able to activate statistics directly from the graph. I would prefer checkboxes as they automatically show the current status.
• Being able to change names of tables, services and service groups

[sebthebert]

• Be able to change graph colors. Some are not alerting enough.

You can already do that ! :)

You can change:

• devicetype graph colors by editing colorfields in /var/lib/octopussy/conf/device_models.xml
• loglevel graph colors by editing colorfields in /var/lib/octopussy/conf/loglevel.xml
• taxonomy graph colors by editing colorfields in /var/lib/octopussy/conf/taxonomy.xml

And even if you don't ask, :)
you can also change message pattern fields color by editing color fields in /var/lib/octopussy/conf/types.xml

Of course, you need to restart Octopussy for the changes to take effect.

I've updated the FAQ.

[sebthebert]

• Have HEXA_NUMBER only eight instead of four digits e.g. for xid in dhcp logs

I don't understand what you want for this request.

HEXA_NUMBER is defined like that in Octopussy:

    <type type_id="HEXA_NUMBER" 
        re="0x[0-9A-F]+" 
        simple_type="HEXA_NUMBER"
        sql_type="VARCHAR(16)"
        color="blue" />

It's just 0x followed by one or more hexadecimal character.

[XXLRay]

"You can already do that ! :)"

• More precisely I mean from the GUI e.g. via the System Configuration menu. But it's great to know that I can do it via the config files. Nevertheless it would add up to the usability :)

"HEXA_NUMBER is defined like that in Octopussy"

• Unfortunately the detection doesn't seem to know that. I attached a screenshot.
  

[XXLRay]

Here is another example:

[sebthebert]

You discovered a bug for HEXA_NUMBER... :o

You can fix it for now by editing /var/lib/octopussy/conf/types.xml:

    <type type_id="HEXA_NUMBER" 
        re="0x[0-9a-fA-F]+" 
        simple_type="HEXA_NUMBER"
        sql_type="VARCHAR(16)"
        color="blue" />

I opened a new issue and I will take some time tomorrow night to fix that properly...

• Fix HEXA_NUMBER type issue Have HEXA_NUMBER only eight instead of four digits e.g. for xid in dhcp logs

[XXLRay]

Cursed be case sensitivity :)

[XXLRay]

Yet another feature request:

• In the log wizard I would love to have the best fitting message of all services to be presented. This would make it easier to decide which service needs to be added (and to prevent adding duplicate services) or which service needs a new message.

[sebthebert]

• Being able to change names of tables, services and service groups

You can rename services and tables with octo_tool service_clone and octo_tool table_clone commands.

Documentation about the octo_tool command here.

[XXLRay]

Ah cool - a GUI option would nevertheless be nice :)