Another way to disable: Active/Inactive

[Kapz]

Hi !

Imagine a folder named CustomerA with 10 subfolders, each subfolder containing different tests for 10 different servers that we monitor for a customer.
Over time some of the tests in the 10 subfolders have been disabled for varoius good reasons. They haven't been deleted as they might be enabled at a later time.
Now the customer calls and tells me that we don't need to monitor his servers for the next 8 hours for whatever reason.
My job seems quite easy: Simply disable entire folder CustomerA.
Only problem is, that once I re-enable folder CustomerA all tests previously marked as disabled are now enabled again and if I didn't write down which tests were disabled before I disabled the entire folder CustomerA I've got a problem.

A general switch for each and every test test e.g. called "Active" would be handy. By using such a switch I could skip using the "Disable this test" feature and instead mark the test Inactive (remove the checkmark in Active, that is).
This way I can easily disable and re-enable the CustomerA-folder knowing that even if all tests are beeing enabled the ones marked inactive many months ago are still not beeing tested.

The enable and disable concept is fine for short periods of time (some hours or perhaps a few days) but I don't think that it's flexible enough.

Thanks !

Kasper :O)

[KS-Soft]

So, actually its second enabled/disabled switch under different name. And HostMonitor should check both switches before performing the test...
What about status? Use the same Disabled status if any of options disabled?

knowing that even if all tests are beeing enabled the ones marked inactive many months ago are still not beeing tested.

Many months ago? May be its better to add some function to search such "forgotten" items and remove them (instead of additional disable/enable option)? Why waste resources for items that are not in use for a long time and probably never will be in use again?

Regards
Alex