(DI-2005) Alert list
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- Marian Vidra
An alert is created when the value of KPI exceeds a threshold or when the KPI behaves in an unusual way (anomaly type of alert). Alerts displays alerts, which are active on the current day (starting after midnight).
For more information on how to set up an Alert, see the chapter (DI-2005) System Monitoring, more precisely the title Set and update threshold.
An alert can be also set up in Insights with SAP GUI, for more information see the chapter (DI-2005) Set up Alerts and its sub-chapters.
- To view alerts in all systems, choose the Alerts tab in the Main view.
- To view alters in a specific system, select any system in the Main view and the Alert tab is by default displayed first in the System detail view.
An alerts table contains the following columns:
- Alert starts at and Closed at
- Server name
- Type - shows, the type of the alert (error, warning and success)
- Kind (threshold or anomaly)
- Alert description
- Count - displays the number of alert occurrences
- Processor - informs, who is responsible for resolving notifications
- Comment - provides information about the alert, for example if IT support is already working on the alert
You can change the order of columns with drag and drop, arrange the order of data or filter data using the table menu (see the figure below). Table menu is visible when you click on the table header.
Alerts tab
By setting a filter in the table menu, you can adjust which columns are visible:
You can also add alerts from different systems. Click on the header of SID column. Select Filter and add or remove systems from the filter.
Displaying and editing alerts
After you click on a specific alert in a row, the details of the selected alert are displayed.
You can directly edit and save Processor and Comment:
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you fill your login into Processor field.
You can also see technical details of an alert.
On top of the window are these action buttons:
Event setup
Allows you to setup, change or delete the alert. You can specify either a threshold or an anomaly alert. By the threshold alert you can specify the minimum or maximum limit for the chosen KPI.
The settings are described below:
Description - description of an alert
Raise - type of an alert (a success, warning, error or an issue)
Alert when - choose a condition and define the time (in milliseconds) when an alert is raised. See the next figure:
Advanced options
Evaluate alert each - how often you receive an alert message by a raised alert
Raise alert after - alert is raised, if the threshold condition is valid for the specified time
Close alert after - alert will be closed, if the KPI doesn't reach the threshold for the specified time
Set Notifications
In the notification settings you can set how often you want to receive a notification.
KPI chart 
Navigates you to line chart with KPI values of the alert. This step navigates you to (DI-2005) System Monitoring.
