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"Add device" button on location, site views #6002

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opened 2025-12-29 19:35:36 +01:00 by adam · 6 comments
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:35:36 +01:00
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Originally created by @PaulR282 on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022).

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v3.1.6

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Proposed functionality

It would be nice to be able to create a device in a location without assigning it to a rack.

Use case

If you have a device in a room, that is not in a rack, currently, it is not possible to display this in NetBox without creating a fake rack or assigning the device to another rack.

Database changes

Right now, if you create a non-rack device, the position and face attributes of the device are set to null. Since the location is stored in the device, the rack attribute could be set to null to assign it to a location without assigning it to a rack.

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Originally created by @PaulR282 on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022). ### NetBox version v3.1.6 ### Feature type New functionality ### Proposed functionality It would be nice to be able to create a device in a location without assigning it to a rack. ### Use case If you have a device in a room, that is not in a rack, currently, it is not possible to display this in NetBox without creating a fake rack or assigning the device to another rack. ### Database changes Right now, if you create a non-rack device, the `position` and `face` attributes of the device are set to `null`. Since the location is stored in the device, the `rack` attribute could be set to null to assign it to a location without assigning it to a rack. ### External dependencies _No response_
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adam commented 2025-12-29 19:35:36 +01:00
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@mmfreitas commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022):

I have just tested this on the demo. You can create a device, fill the site fiels, assign it to a location (the room you want) and not fill the rack field.
When you look for your device it will show the location but without a rack.

Isn't this what you want?

@mmfreitas commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022): I have just tested this on the demo. You can create a device, fill the site fiels, assign it to a location (the room you want) and not fill the rack field. When you look for your device it will show the location but without a rack. Isn't this what you want?
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:35:36 +01:00
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@PaulR282 commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022):

I just tested it as you described it and it works, didn´t know that, thanks! I didn´t think this would work since there is nothing like a Create non-rack device button in the location.

Now it would be nice to have a button to directly create a device in the location without needing to create it over the dcim/devices site and an extra Non-Racked Devices panel like in the rack view.

@PaulR282 commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022): I just tested it as you described it and it works, didn´t know that, thanks! I didn´t think this would work since there is nothing like a `Create non-rack device` button in the location. Now it would be nice to have a button to directly create a device in the location without needing to create it over the dcim/devices site and an extra `Non-Racked Devices` panel like in the rack view.
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:35:36 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022):

@PaulR282 I'm not sure I follow what you're suggesting; can you elaborate please?

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022): @PaulR282 I'm not sure I follow what you're suggesting; can you elaborate please?
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:35:36 +01:00
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@PaulR282 commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022):

Sure, since you can create devices, that are not assigned to racks, it would be nice to have something like a Create non-rack device button in the location view, like there is in the rack view.
The same for the Non-Rack Devices panel, which is shown on the rack page, that shows all devices, that are assigned to the rack but have no position in the rack. I would appreciate the same panel in the location view to show all devices in the location, that are not assigned to a rack.

@PaulR282 commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022): Sure, since you can create devices, that are not assigned to racks, it would be nice to have something like a `Create non-rack device` button in the location view, like there is in the rack view. The same for the `Non-Rack Devices` panel, which is shown on the rack page, that shows all devices, that are assigned to the rack but have no position in the rack. I would appreciate the same panel in the location view to show all devices in the location, that are not assigned to a rack.
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:35:37 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022):

Oh, I see, thanks! I think if we do this, we might want to add a similar button to the site view as well for consistency.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022): Oh, I see, thanks! I think if we do this, we might want to add a similar button to the site view as well for consistency.
adam commented 2025-12-29 19:35:37 +01:00
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@PaulR282 commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022):

Yes, that would be great!

@PaulR282 commented on GitHub (Jan 26, 2022): Yes, that would be great!
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