Device-Type 'slug' not visible in main view

[bdlamprecht]

Environment

• Python version: 3.6
• NetBox version: v2.4.6

Steps to Reproduce

When viewing an individual device-type at http://netbox.local/dcim/device-types/PK/`, the slug property is not visible:

Similarily, I know the list of device-types is full of other properties that are more important to see than slug:

The only place you can see what the slug is set to is by editing the object:

Expected Behavior

I'm not sure if this was ever visible before, but I think when viewing a single object, all of the properties tied to it should be seen.

Observed Behavior

The device-type property is only visible when editing an object

[jeremystretch]

This is the case with all objects which have a slug. The slug's only purpose is to help form a "clean" but human-friendly URL (e.g. ?company=foo-corp-inc instead of ?company=Foo%20Corp%2C%20Inc.) and in most cases the automatically generated slug suffices. Can you elaborate on why you'd like to include it?

[bdlamprecht]

Yes, I know what slugs are used for. I think it is a great feature.

As an explanation for this bug or FR, I tend to change the default auto-generated slug.
With that being said, I recently ran into an issue where I had mistakenly created a device_type with one slug and tried to update my development box using ninech/netbox:v2.4.7's docker image, and it failed.
I spent about 30 minutes trying to see why that happened and finally narrowed it down to a duplicate slug in one of the data seed or initializer's that I'm using.

In short, in my opinion, having all of the properties visible when viewing an individual primary object would be beneficial and don't see any negative aspects about it.

I'll leave it up to you to decide, but those are just my thoughts.

[mmahacek]

Given that other object types will display the slug either in the table view (such as DeviceRole, Platform, and Manufacturer) or in the URL (sites/tenants), I don't think it would be unreasonable to put the slug on the Device Type page. A quick glace through the DCIM features, DeviceType seems to be the only one without easy access to view slugs.

We are using customized DeviceRole slugs to match category names in our monitoring system while keeping the display name in Netbox "pretty".

[jeremystretch]

This raises the question: Should DeviceType even have a slug? I'm not sure we actually use it for anything in the UI, but it's very possible I'm overlooking something.

[mmahacek]

Good point. Though taking it away may cause problems for users that may be integrating it with other systems.

[bdlamprecht]

Taking away the slug for device-type would not cause issues with how I'm using it. As that wouldn't have caused the issue I described above to begin with (accidental duplicate slug)

However, removing the slug for device-role would cause HUGE problems for me, so please don't do that.

[cimnine]

We use the slug usually via the API, as it's neater to refer to than the full names. (And id's are not verbose enough.)