Meta Variables

Several Activities allow you to enter a list of commands which are issued to your selected devices. Device.CLI.Send commands, Device.CLI.Modify Config and Device.Update.Banner are examples of these activities.

Within the commands you send, you can include a number of CatTools Meta Data variables that are translated when the activity is run.

For example, in the Device.Update.Banner activity you could set the following text and apply it to all your devices:

Hello, I am %ctDeviceName. Contact %ctContactName on %ctContactPhone to gain access to me.

Available Meta Variables

Variable	Value
%ctDeviceName	The device name
%ctGroupName	The device group name
%ctHostName	The device host address
%ctModel	The device model field
%ctAddress1	The device Address1 field
%ctAddress2	The device Address2 field
%ctAddress3	The device Address3 field
%ctContactName	The device Contact name field
%ctContactPhone	The device Contact phone field
%ctContactEmail	The device Contact email field
%ctTimeHHMM	Current time in HHMM format
%ctDateISO	Current date in YYYYMMDD format
%ctBaseFile	Device base file name
%ctAppPath	File system path of the CatTools executable including a trailing "\"
%ctCR	Carriage return
%ctLF	Line feed
%ctTAB	Tab
%ctCTRL-Z	Control key & Z. Normally used to exit config mode.

The variable names are case sensitive and must be entered as shown.