QR Code variable

[wimmy]

How do you set QR code to return any value?
I found it to contain "hostname$" but when I click on an asset QR code it is empty or returns the same value ("hostname$")

How do i set this one up so that it returns the actual hostname>?

Documentation does not even contain the term "QR Code" or "QR" so it is impossible to figure out.

[Susan_A · Accepted solution]

The "hostname" configured under Configuration\Website Management\Asset Pages is the main URL of your Lansweeper web console, i.e. the "hostname" of the machine hosting your console. You cannot use variables here; you must submit your exact web console URL, e.g. http://lan-001:81/

If you are asking about variables for referencing the actual client machines: you can only use the client machine's asset ID, asset name or serial number in the QR code. These are the only options available when generating a QR code. No other variables are supported. We're not sure what you are doing exactly, but you should:

• Update to the latest Lansweeper release, if you haven't already.
  
• Set the "hostname" under Configuration\Website Management\Asset Pages to your main web console URL.
  
• Click the Assets link at the top of the web console.
  
• Tick the checkboxes in front of one or more assets.
  
• Hit the QR Codes button on the left.
  
• Set the client machine "variable" with the Save Using dropdown in the resulting popup.

We've added two screenshots to this post, showing a QR code configuration and a QR code generated for computer XPDEP with said configuration. You'll notice that Asset Name is automatically replaced with the name of the asset the code was generated for. The "hostname", LAN-001, is the machine hosting the web console. QR codes link to specific asset pages within your web console.

[wimmy]

Thank you.

I'm still missing the variables to return any value programmatically.

It still shows 'hostname' as opposed to the actual hostname.

[Karel_DS]

You can change the hostname used for the QR code on the 'Configuration -> Asset Pages' page.
Normally this should be something like 'http://localhost:81/'.