Dashboard corrections

plugins/warranty/api/routes.py

@@ -439,7 +439,11 @@ def dashboard_expiring():
         machine = _related_machine(asset)
         rows.append({
             'assetid': asset.assetid,
-            'hostname': _hostname(asset) or asset.assetnumber or asset.name,
+            # Hostname, else the asset number - never asset.name. The name
+            # of a covered PC's ASSET is often the machine's descriptive name
+            # ("Haas VF-2"), so falling back to it put a machine name in a
+            # column that is supposed to identify the PC.
+            'hostname': _hostname(asset) or asset.assetnumber or str(asset.assetid),
             'machinenumber': machine['machinenumber'] if machine else None,
             'state': 'expired' if remaining < 0 else 'expiring',
             'daysleft': remaining,

plugins/warranty/plugin.py

@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ class WarrantyPlugin(BasePlugin):
                     # date: expired or expiring is the whole decision when
                     # scanning a board, and the exact day belongs on the report
                     # you order from.
-                    'meta': [{'key': 'machinenumber', 'label': 'machine'}],
+                    # Bare number, no label. The row is hostname, machine,
+                    # state - three short facts, and "machine 3015" spends a
+                    # word saying what the position already says.
+                    'meta': [{'key': 'machinenumber'}],
                     'link': '/assets/{assetid}',
                 },
             },