Nested interfaces table (grouping)

[hiddenman]

NetBox version

3.0-beta2

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

I'd like to propose a new way of displaying interfaces with nesting/grouping.

For example, we have hundreds of interfaces like:
physical interfaces -> LAG interface -> Virtual interfaces.

Currently Netbox displays all interfaces without any nesting and it's very hard to find out what is linked, where and how.
Of course we can do a little bit of sorting but that doesn't help much.

Here is an example of how it looks on the real hardware:

So maybe adding of some grouping options would be useful for all.

This (closed) issue might be relevant as well: #373

Use case

In case of hundreds of physical links, tens of LAG interfaces and hundreds of virtual interfaces on top the them it's very hard to track grouping/nesting and levels of abstractions.

Database changes

No response

External dependencies

No response

[jeremystretch]

I'm not sure this would work out as cleanly as you're expecting. Maybe you'd like to try mocking something up using the NetBox UI?

[hiddenman]

I'm not sure this would work out as cleanly as you're expecting. Maybe you'd like to try mocking something up using the NetBox UI?

Thank you.

1. Do you mean just prepare an image with some examples?
2. As other guys said in Slack, it would be better to just add a Grouping columns feature, similar to Select columns. So a user would be able to group interfaces in his own way. For example, 2-3 levels of groups. Is it technically possible in the current UI framework?

[jeremystretch]

1. Do you mean just prepare an image with some examples?

I mean dig into the way the table is generated in NetBox, and actually manipulate the code to render the proposed layout. A screenshot just isn't sufficient for a proposed change this complex. It doesn't have to be pull request quality, but it does need to be functional to the point that you can write up a detailed implementation proposal.

2. As other guys said in Slack, it would be better to just add a Grouping columns feature, similar to Select columns. So a user would be able to group interfaces in his own way. For example, 2-3 levels of groups. Is it technically possible in the current UI framework?

I doubt this would be feasible, but that's another reason to dig into the code.

[jeremystretch]

@hiddenman have you made any progress on this?

[hiddenman]

@hiddenman have you made any progress on this?

Unfortunately, not yet. We were thinking about moving to Netbox and finally decided to do this. So i hope in the nearest future i will be able to think about it.
If you want to close it then go ahead. Will reopen when i'm ready.