<![CDATA[Object Type "Collector"]]>Hi,

I'm a little bit "lost in space"  😎

A "collector" object has two Data Collection tabs. On one I can create normal DCIs. The second one looks like I can link DCIs from other objects to the collector. I looked around in the Mangement client but did not find any way to get a DCI in there.

The documentation at https://netxms.org/documentation/adminguide doesn't list the collector object at all...

What's the correct way to link DCIs to this object? Or am I on the completely wrong way?

Thanks in advance for any help.

best...
Detlev

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/topic/8325/object-type-collectorRSS for NodeFri, 13 Nov 2026 06:01:03 GMTTue, 10 Feb 2026 12:27:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Object Type "Collector" on Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:46:35 GMT]]>Thanks for the explanations. Now I understand...

best...
Detlev

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/35151https://forum.netxms.org/post/35151Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:46:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Object Type "Collector" on Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:59:25 GMT]]>If you check a container, there'll be Data Collection tab there which allows to search DCIs on child nodes.
Now, collector is basically a container, but with data collection. So one "Data collection" is for DCI search and the other for data collection like it is on a node. As for the naming, it could probably be a bit less confusing 🙂

Data collection is basically limited to script or web services, or to other sources if you do Source node override in DCI properties.

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