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4 | 4 | You can create a threshold alert to periodically check when your data goes above or below a certain threshold within a given time interval. It's one of the most common type of alerts that you can create using Watcher. For more advanced watches, see the <<watcher-create-advanced-watch>>. |
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6 | | -To create a new threshold alert: |
| 6 | +To create a threshold alert: |
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8 | | -. Select the `Create new watch` button |
9 | | -image:management/watcher-ui/images/create-watch-select.png["Create a Watch",link="management/watcher-ui/images/create-watch-select.png"] |
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11 | | -. Select `Threshold Alert` |
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13 | | -Next, let's look at the UI and how to use it. |
| 8 | +* Click the *Create threshold alert* button. |
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15 | 10 | ==== Inputs & Triggers |
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17 | | -To create a threshold alert, you need to first configure the inputs and triggers. |
| 12 | +You must first configure the inputs and triggers. |
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19 | 14 | . Add a `name` for the alert. |
20 | 15 | . Choose one or more indices that have a time-based field as the alert input. |
21 | 16 | . Configure a trigger interval. |
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23 | 19 | image:management/watcher-ui/images/threshold-alert/create-threshold-alert-created.png["Created Threshold Alert",link="management/watcher-ui/images/threshold-alert/create-threshold-alert-created.png"] |
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25 | | -Next, you will be able to specify the conditions to trigger the alert. |
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27 | 21 | ==== Condition |
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29 | 23 | Here, you can configure the condition that will cause alert to trigger. The UI is interactive and selecting the various elements within the expression will display a UI to change the values. |
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31 | 26 | image:management/watcher-ui/images/threshold-alert/threshold-alert-aggType.png["Threshold Alert Agg Type",link="management/watcher-ui/images/threshold-alert/threshold-alert-aggType.png"] |
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33 | | -Let's look at a few examples of common alerts based on x-pack monitoring data: |
| 28 | +Here are a few examples of common alerts based on x-pack monitoring data: |
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35 | 30 | * High heap usage: |
36 | 31 | image:management/watcher-ui/images/threshold-alert/high-heap-usage.png["Threshold Alert Example High Heap Usage",link="management/watcher-ui/images/threshold-alert/high-heap-usage.png"] |
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