From c7b68664f9e48c0d70b18f4da8ae2c59b0c26e99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Ramstedt <jonathan.ramstedt@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:51:00 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Closes #18843: use color name in cable export (#19983)

---
 netbox/dcim/models/cables.py | 10 ++++++++++
 netbox/dcim/tables/cables.py |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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..321eb79f5 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/tables/cables.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/tables/cables.py
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ class CableTable(TenancyColumnsMixin, NetBoxTable):
         order_by=('_abs_length')
     )
     color = columns.ColorColumn()
+    color_name = tables.Column(
+        verbose_name=_('Color Name'),
+        orderable=False
+    )
     comments = columns.MarkdownColumn()
     tags = columns.TagColumn(
         url_name='dcim:cable_list'
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ class CableTable(TenancyColumnsMixin, NetBoxTable):
         fields = (
             'pk', 'id', 'label', 'a_terminations', 'b_terminations', 'device_a', 'device_b', 'rack_a', 'rack_b',
             'location_a', 'location_b', 'site_a', 'site_b', 'status', 'type', 'tenant', 'tenant_group', 'color',
-            'length', 'description', 'comments', 'tags', 'created', 'last_updated',
+            'color_name', 'length', 'description', 'comments', 'tags', 'created', 'last_updated',
         )
         default_columns = (
             'pk', 'id', 'label', 'a_terminations', 'b_terminations', 'status', 'type',