Device Type Bulk Import with custom fields

[jayGG83]

Hello,
I'm trying to do device type import from a YAML file. Is it possible to include also the device type custom fields?
I tried:

manufacturer: value
model: value
slug: value
u_height: value
custom_fields:
  custom_field_name: value
  custom_field_name: value

also:

manufacturer: value
model: value
slug: value
u_height: value
custom_fields:
  - custom_field_name: value
  - custom_field_name: value

I also tried setting cf_ before the field name with no luck.
None of them worked. Any ideas?

[candlerb]

Netbox version?

With netbox 3.6.1, and a text custom field called "foo", the following works for me:

manufacturer: Unknown
model: zzzz
slug: zzzz
u_height: 0
cf_foo: bar

After import:

[jayGG83]

Oh, my version is v3.5.4

[jayGG83]

I tried this with my version and didn't work:

---
manufacturer: Ericsson
model: ANT2 A 0.6 80 HP 2
slug: ant2-a-0-6-80-hp-2
u_height: 1
is_full_depth: false
weight: 9.6
weight_unit: kg
cf_ant_frequency: 80
cf_ant_diameter: 0.3
interfaces:
  - name: Waveguide
    type: other
    label: WG
  - name: Microwave Air
    type: other-wireless
    label: Microwave Air

[candlerb]

If the format I gave you doesn't work with 3.5.4, then try upgrading to 3.5.9 (that should be safe - mainly just bugfixes).

If it still doesn't work, then I guess you will need to go to 3.6.1

At the moment, bulk imports silently ignore any unknown fields you pass, which makes it hard to know when you're providing invalid data. This is being worked on in #11617.

[jayGG83]

Ok thanks, I also tried from CSV file and it doesn't work as well

[candlerb]

And your custom fields definitely have "ant_frequency" and "ant_diameter" as their names (not their labels), and are enabled for DCIM > Device Type?

You could check with select id,custom_field_data from dcim_devicetype; and looks at the JSON keys, for some items you've created by hand.

[jayGG83]

Yep:

I'll check what you suggested

[candlerb]

OK. I just checked with a Decimal CF in 3.6.1, that works too.