Create a metric alert

Metric monitors analyze continuous streams of data. When collecting metrics through Kloudfuse or APIs, you can configure alerts to trigger on specified conditions.

To create a metric alert, complete these tasks:

• Begin defining a metric alert
• Choose the detection method
• Pick metric
• Set condition
• Add details
• Add contacts
• Create rule

Start defining a metric alert

1. In the Alerts interface, click .
2. In the initial interface for creating alerts, Kloudfuse guides you to select the appropriate alert type. Choose Metric.
3. The Create Metric Alert interface appears.

Choose the detection method

Metric alerts have these detection options:

• Threshold alert
• Change alert
• Outliers alert
• Anomaly detection
• Forecast Alert

Pick metric

1. Next to the first query, marked by , click the text field to select a metric from the drop-down.

Work with filters

1. To add a new filter, select a label and add it to the metric view.
2. In the expanded view, click the first option, and choose the new label from the drop-down.
3. Choose the comparison operator:
   • =~ Regex expression equal
   • !~ Regex expression not equal
   • != Not equal
   • = Equal (default)
4. Finally, click the second option to choose the label value from the drop-down.

Work with aggregations

1. In the aggregation section, click avg, and select another aggregation calculation from the drop-down.
2. The chart changes to show the newly selected aggregation of results.

Work with functions

1. To add a new function to the graph, click the icon.
2. In the drop-down, either search for a function name, or select an existing function category, and then pick the function name.

Work with queries

1. To add a query, click .
2. Notice that a new query appears under query .
3. Change the selected filter in query .

Work with formulas

1. To add a formula, click .
2. The empty formula option appears in interface as line .
3. Type the formula in the text box next to label .

Set condition

1. Define the condition depending on the detection method:
   • Threshold Alert
   • Change Alert
   • Outliers Alert
   • Anomaly Detection Alert
   • Forecast alert

Example: Condition for Threshold Metric Alerts - Select a condition function: Mean, Min, Max, Sum, Count, or Last (default).

2. Select the evaluated query or formula.
3. Select the comparison operator: above, below, etc.
4. Specify the time interval.

Add details

1. In the Folder name drop-down, select one of the folders or create a new folder.
2. In Rule name, specify the name of your rule.
3. Optionally, add a title, runbook URL, description, and custom labels.

Add contacts

1. Choose one or more existing contacts from the drop-down to receive the alert.
2. You can create new contact points by clicking on Create New Contact Points and following the configuration steps.

Create rule

1. To finalize, click Create Rule.
2. After reviewing the selection, click Confirm and Create to receive a confirmation message.