Blank comments check

Danny — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 02:03:23 GMT

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👍 Tested to be working with R81.20+

SmartTask to check if object or rule comments are left blank by SmartConsole admins.

Script code

Copy the code below into a new script 'Task_CheckComments' of your SmartConsole script repository.

test `cat $1|grep -iqE 'implied|automatic|\"last-modifier\":\"System\"'; echo $?` -eq 0 && echo '{"result":"success"}' || { test `(cat $1 | jq -r '.operations["added-objects"][]?.comments'; cat $1 | jq -r '.operations["modified-objects"][] | .["new-object"].comments') | grep -c '^[[:space:]]*$'` -gt 0 && echo '{"result":"failure","message":"Comments on rules and objects must not be blank!"}' || echo '{"result":"success"}'; }

SmartTask

Create a new SmartTask in SmartConsole > Manage & Settings > SmartTasks and install policy to activate the new task.

Name	Description	Trigger	Action	Enabled
Detect Blank Comments	Check for blank comments in added or modified objects and rules.	Before Publish	Run Script	✔️

Re: Blank comments check

the_rock — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 02:44:53 GMT

Genius!

Re: Blank comments check

the_rock — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:54:11 GMT

Just tested it today in the lab...great!

topic Re: Blank comments check in SmartTasks

Blank comments check

Script code

Copy the code below into a new script 'Task_CheckComments' of your SmartConsole script repository.

SmartTask

Create a new SmartTask in SmartConsole > Manage & Settings > SmartTasks and install policy to activate the new task.

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