Alert Rules

  • Published on May 23, 2025
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The Alert Rules screen allows users to define exceptions for alerts, which can be applied to one or more Profiles or Resources.

Alert Rules

This card displays the available alerts in a table format with sortable columns, as follows:

  • The Name column displays the name of the rule.
  • The Alert Type column displays the name of the alert to which the rule is applied.
  • The Objects column displays any Objects associated with the rule.
    • Objects include Jobs, Disks, Availability Groups etc. for alerts that have associated objects. Not all alerts have a sense of object.
  • The Scope column shows the number of Resources or Profiles the rule is applied to.
  • The Ignore Alert column shows whether the rule is configured to ignore the alert (True) or modify the alert behavior (False).
  • The Status column shows the status of the rule: either Enabled or Disabled.

Note: Click on column headings to sort the list in ascending or descending order. The table is also searchable using the magnifying glass icon at the top-right corner of the card. Click on the action icon (three dots) at the end of the row to View, Edit, Enable, or Delete the rule.

Creating or Editing Alert Rules

Clicking the [+Rule] button to create a new rule or using the action icon and selecting Edit Rule will launch the New/Edit Rule flyout.

This flyout contains the following fields and options:

  • Enabled Switch - Enables or Disables the rule.
  • Name - A friendly name for the rule.
    • We recommend naming rules so that users can understand what the rule does from the name alone where possible.
  • Alert Type - Select the Alert the rule is to be applied to.
  • Scope - Define either Profile(s) or Resource(s) where the rule applies.
  • Rule Behavior Switch - Ignore Alert disables all notifications for the selected Alert and Scope. Turning this off (default) allows other parameters of the alert to be modified via the following fields (at least one must be changed for the rule to be valid)
  • Severity - The Profile default severity can be changed by the rule.
  • Tolerance Formula - The Tolerance formula applied at the profile level can be overridden with new values for each rule.
  • Notify on Open/Closed Events - These will be prepopulated with the inherited notification channel(s) enabled for the alert, but these can be overridden to apply new behavior for the rule.

Click the [Save] button to create the rule or commit the edits to the rule and return to the previous screen.