From 9c2d55d68200d6b953c70fe2aaa892d10ee30de2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jathn <jonathan.ramstedt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:11:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Closes #18843: use color name in cable export

---
 netbox/dcim/models/cables.py | 10 ++++++++++
 netbox/dcim/tables/cables.py |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/netbox/dcim/models/cables.py b/netbox/dcim/models/cables.py
index 0a28d5acb..26bb0fed7 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/models/cables.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/models/cables.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from dcim.choices import *
 from dcim.constants import *
 from dcim.fields import PathField
 from dcim.utils import decompile_path_node, object_to_path_node
+from netbox.choices import ColorChoices
 from netbox.models import ChangeLoggedModel, PrimaryModel
 from utilities.conversion import to_meters
 from utilities.exceptions import AbortRequest
@@ -155,6 +156,15 @@ class Cable(PrimaryModel):
             self._terminations_modified = True
         self._b_terminations = value
 
+    @property
+    def color_name(self):
+        color_name = ""
+        for hex_code, label in ColorChoices.CHOICES:
+            if hex_code.lower() == self.color.lower():
+                color_name = str(label)
+
+        return color_name
+
     def clean(self):
         super().clean()
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/tables/cables.py b/netbox/dcim/tables/cables.py
index e12545fd2..63887154e 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/tables/cables.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/tables/cables.py
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ class CableTable(TenancyColumnsMixin, NetBoxTable):
         order_by=('_abs_length')
     )
     color = columns.ColorColumn()
+    color_name = tables.Column(
+        verbose_name=_('Color Name')
+    )
     comments = columns.MarkdownColumn()
     tags = columns.TagColumn(
         url_name='dcim:cable_list'