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  1. ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
  2. ZBX-25890

Combine "Unit conversion" section with "Unit symbols" section

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      Currently Zabbix units description is split into 2 sections.

      Configuration -> Items -> Creating an item

      https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/7.2/en/manual/config/items/item

      This page has the description of the Units field of the form:

      and a section that describes Unit conversion, where it also explains the usage of exclamation mark (!). But there is even no link to the appendix page mentioned below.

      Appendixes -> Unit symbols

      This page has again, description of the units:

      https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/appendix/suffixes

      Result

      I googled "Zabbix units" and got to the page in appendix. It has very good description of how units work but there is no information about the exclamation mark (!) usage. I thought we miss this information but after bit more search I got to the Creating an item page where I found the corresponding section. If a user would get on the appendix page there is no way to get that information from there. I did find it only because I knew this feature exists.

      Expected

      I'd expect having everything in a single place and get rid of data duplication. For example:

      • complete list of supported units
        • examples
      • explanation of the exclamation mark
        • examples

            martins-v Martins Valkovskis
            dimir dimir
            Team A
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