Setting Up Alerts for Custom Dashboards in Anypoint Monitoring

Set up alerts for charts in custom dashboards, from the chart’s Alert tab. Alerts trigger email notifications if a data point you’re measuring has passed a specified threshold in the past five minutes. This five-minute period is fixed and not configurable.

For apps configured to run with more than one worker, charts that display worker-related metrics in Anypoint Monitoring dashboards break down the metrics by worker.

When you configure an alert for a graph, an alert state icon appears in the chart.

Line chart showing CPU usage over time with an alert state of OK

Hover over the bell icon to trigger a description popup. In this case, the description indicates Status OK.

Alert states are defined as follows:

No data: No data is available in the series to evaluate the alert threshold.
Disabled: The alert is disabled.
Alerting: The value of the metric passes the specified threshold.
OK: The value of the metric has not passed the threshold.
Pending: The alert is enabled and waiting for evaluation.

Create an Alert for a Chart in a Custom Dashboard

Navigate to the configuration screen for a graph in a custom dashboard. For guidance, see Configuring Custom Dashboards.
Provide a general configuration for the graph that (at minimum) defines the metric, environment, and resource for which you want to set the alert.

For guidance, see General Settings.
Navigate to the Alert configuration tab for the graph.
Ensure that Advanced Mode is disabled.

Alerts aren’t available for charts with advanced mode configurations.
Click Add Alert.
Use Alert Config to configure the alert. See Alert Config.
Configure email notifications when an alert is triggered. See Notifications.
Click Save Changes.
Click X to exit the configuration and return to the dashboard.

Note that you can also view state history and delete alerts.

Configure an Alert for a Chart in a Custom Dashboard

In the Alert Config section, configure the condition under which an alert is triggered.

Settings for Alerts in Custom Dashboards

Settings for Alerts in Custom Dashboards
Name	A title for your alert
Severity level	The severity level of your alert.
`Condition`	WHEN: For triggering an alert when the metric being measured is above a specified level

Name

A title for your alert

Severity level

The severity level of your alert.

Condition

WHEN: For triggering an alert when the metric being measured is above a specified level

Available severity levels:

Info: May be assigned to alerts that do not require immediate attention when triggered. This severity indicates the metric should be passively monitored.
Warning: May be assigned to alerts that require prompt attention when triggered. This severity indicates an alert should be closely monitored.
Critical: May be assigned to alerts that require immediate attention when triggered. This severity indicates an alert should receive an immediate response.

Notifications

Configure an email notification when an alert is triggered.

Notification Settings for Alerts

Notification Settings for Alerts
`Send To`	Email address for each recipient of the alert notification. If you add or change the email address of an alert recipient, they don’t receive an email until the alert is triggered.
`Message`	Message to send to the recipient.

Send To

Email address for each recipient of the alert notification. If you add or change the email address of an alert recipient, they don’t receive an email until the alert is triggered.

Message

Message to send to the recipient.

State History

View the last fifty state changes in this section of the UI.

You can also clear the history.

Delete

To delete an alert from a chart in a custom dashboard, click Delete from the chart’s Alerts tab, and confirm your deletion.