Read non-numeric SNMP Data

[streaker69]

Could a function be added to read the non-numeric data available in many of the OID's? For example, if I wanted to read a DATE that's encoded in one of my devices, I can't display it in Cacti because apparently Cacti doesn't understand a Date and basically translates it to 0.

Could a Data Query be done so that a we can read Dates or other non-numeric data and have it displayed in the bottom of a graph and not be graphed at all?

[gandalf]

IMHO, snmp agents should implement timestamps as "timeticks", just as for SYSUPTIME. Those are plain numbers and cacti can understand them. Does your snmp agent use other units?
Reinhard

[streaker69]

I don't actually want a timestamp per se. I have several dozen UPS's that I need to manage scattered among many different locations. The Battery Replacement Date is in the SNMP data, and I would like to display that date as well as possibly Location Data in my graph. Just so that at a quick glance if you get a battery replacement warning, you know when the last time the batteries were replaced and possibly if it's time to replace the unit.