Creating slideshows

Besides the possibility to integrate multiple small screens in a big screen, it is also possible to combine multiple screens into a so-called slideshow. In a slideshow, the screens are shown one after another.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we need a Zabbix server properly configured and access to a Zabbix admin account. We also need to have 2 or more screens configured. If you don't know how to configure screens, then have a look at Chapter 7, Creating screens.

How to do it...

1. From the menu go to Configuration | Slideshows.

2. In the upper right corner, click on Create slideshow.

3. In the Name field we add a name for our slideshow.

4. Default delay (in seconds), here we add the delay between each screen.

5. In the Slides field, we press the Add button and select from the popup box the screens that we want to add to our slides.

6. You will see a Delay box after each Screen. Here we can choose a delay different than the default delay we have chosen for each slide.

7. When you are ready, click the...