[GH-ISSUE #424] Feature Request: change default description for hosts in the table of computers #2202

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opened 2026-03-14 02:58:38 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-14 02:58:38 +03:00

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Originally created by @bbrendon on GitHub (Apr 22, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm/issues/424

Originally assigned to: @wh1te909 on GitHub.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I personally would prefer the default description to be blank because when I do add descriptions, I have to read through hostnames which feels like a waste of brain cycles. Also the information is redundant. If it can't be blank then I would prefer . or _.

Other ideas:

make the default description a system preference
someone on discord suggested the default Enter a description (I vote no on this idea)

Bonus:

add {{ .... }} macro capabilities

Originally created by @bbrendon on GitHub (Apr 22, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm/issues/424 Originally assigned to: @wh1te909 on GitHub. **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** I personally would prefer the default description to be blank because when I do add descriptions, I have to read through hostnames which feels like a waste of brain cycles. Also the information is redundant. If it can't be blank then I would prefer `.` or `_`. Other ideas: * make the default description a system preference * someone on discord suggested the default `Enter a description` (I vote no on this idea) Bonus: * add `{{ .... }}` macro capabilities

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2026-03-14 02:58:38 +03:00

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kerem commented

2026-03-14 02:58:54 +03:00

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@wh1te909 commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2021):

Guess I used to have it documented somewhere but don't see it anymore, but if you pass the -desc "some description" flag to the installer exe it will actually set it to whatever you pass, if you don't pass this optional flag the default is just the hostname. I'll just change the default to be an empty string instead of the hostname.

@wh1te909 commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2021): Guess I used to have it documented somewhere but don't see it anymore, but if you pass the `-desc "some description"` flag to the installer exe it will actually set it to whatever you pass, if you don't pass this optional flag the default is just the hostname. I'll just change the default to be an empty string instead of the hostname.

kerem commented

2026-03-14 02:58:59 +03:00

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@wh1te909 commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2021):

Released in 0.6.2 / agent 1.5.2, from now on any new agents will have default hostname set to an empty string and you can set the description with the optional -desc flag during install

@wh1te909 commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2021): Released in 0.6.2 / agent 1.5.2, from now on any new agents will have default hostname set to an empty string and you can set the description with the optional `-desc` flag during install

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2026-03-14 07:05:53 +03:00

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