Stylesheets Overview
Easily manage and customize how your data and alerts are presented in Nodinite with user-defined Stylesheets. This overview shows you how to add, edit, delete, and restore Stylesheets for Log Views and Monitoring Alerts, empowering your team with flexible, branded, and actionable insights.
On this page, you will learn how to:
- ✅ Add, edit, delete, and restore Stylesheets for Log Views and Monitoring Alerts
- ✅ Filter and sort Stylesheets for efficient management
- ✅ Control content-type and output for tailored data presentation
Get started now: How to Add or Manage Stylesheet user guide.
The Stylesheet Overview in the Customize main menu is where a Nodinite Administrator manages user-defined Stylesheets that are being used in Log Views and Monitoring Alerts from most Nodinite Alarm Plugins.
Understanding Where Stylesheets Are Used
XSLT or Liquid"] SS -->|"View message using a Stylesheet"| LV["fa:fa-search Log Views"] SS -->|"alert body"| AP["fa:fa-bell Alarm Plugins"] AP -->|"configured on"| MV["fa:fa-display Monitor Views"] SP["fa:fa-gears StylesheetScriptsEnabled"] -.->|"allows embedded scripts"| SS style MT fill:#2678BD,color:#fff style SS fill:#E47528,color:#fff style LV fill:#3F827B,color:#fff style AP fill:#3F827B,color:#fff style MV fill:#3F827B,color:#fff style SP fill:#9E59BB,color:#fff
A Message Type (blue) selects the Stylesheet (orange); the result appears in Log Views and in alerts from Alarm Plugins on Monitor Views (teal). The StylesheetScriptsEnabled System Parameter (purple) decides whether embedded scripts may run.
| Where | How the Stylesheet is chosen | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Log Views | Bound to one or more Message Types | Add or manage Stylesheet |
| Alarm Plugins | Set on the Basic tab of each Alarm Plugin entry | Add or manage Alarm Plugin, E-mail with options |
| Monitor Views | Alerts use the Stylesheet of each Alarm Plugin entry selected on the External Notifications tab | Monitor View External Notifications tab |
The Stylesheet List
In the Stylesheet Overview, you will find a sortable list of user-defined Stylesheets. An extensive list of Stylesheets can be narrowed down by typing characters into the filter text box.
The default Stylesheets for the Email, Email options, and Event Log Alarm Plugins appear next to your own.
Output Content-Type
The stylesheet can set the content-type header to render the correct output, see more in the xsl:output documentation.
Nodinite uses the attributes media-type or method. Use the element 'xsl:output' to set the correct MIME type. The evaluation rule is as follows:
- If set, the system makes use of the value set on the media-type
- Else, use any of the following the methods:
- html -> text/html
- xml -> text/xml
- text -> text/plain
Standard XSLT and Liquid always work. A Stylesheet with embedded scripts, such as msxsl:script blocks, runs only when the StylesheetScriptsEnabled System Parameter is true; with the default false, such a Stylesheet fails and an error is logged.
Manage Stylesheet
The available functionalities for managing the Stylesheet are:
- Add new Stylesheet
- Edit a Stylesheet
- Delete Stylesheet
- Restore deleted Stylesheet
- Filter the list of Stylesheets
- Sort
Add new Stylesheet
To create a new Stylesheet, click the "Add Stylesheet" button to open the Stylesheet editor.
The Add new Stylesheet button sits in the upper right corner of the list.
Edit Stylesheet
To Edit an existing Stylesheet, simply click on the link in the Name column or open the menu from the "Actions" button and click on the "Edit" menu item.
Clicking the Name link opens the same editor as the 'Edit' menu item.
Delete Stylesheet
To Delete an existing Stylesheet, open the menu from the "Actions" button and click the "Delete" menu item.
A deleted Stylesheet is only marked as deleted and can be restored later.
Restore deleted Stylesheet
To Restore a deleted Stylesheet you must first check the "Show deleted Stylesheets" checkbox.
When checked, include deleted Stylesheets in the list.
Then open the menu from the "Actions" button and click on the "Restore" menu item.
The Restore menu item is only shown for deleted Stylesheets.
Frequently asked questions / Troubleshooting
You can create new, edit, and delete Stylesheets using the Nodinite Web Client.
How do I create a new Stylesheet?
To create a new Stylesheet, follow the steps in the Add or Manage Stylesheet user guide, or start from one of the Stylesheet Examples.
Why does my Stylesheet with a script fail?
Embedded scripts only run when StylesheetScriptsEnabled is true. Check the parameter before you enable it, and read its security warning.
Why don't business users see "View message using a Stylesheet"?
No Stylesheet is bound to the Message Type of the Log Event, or the user's Role can't use it. Business users find the action in the Log View, see View message using a Stylesheet.