Sending Report as an Alert Payload
You can send a detailed Report or an External Report (Visualization) to provide Users with more information on the Alert cause.
The starting point for Alert generation is always a Metric. Once you create a Metric to trigger Alerts, you can perform additional functions.
The whole process comprises:
- Building a Metric
- Configuring an Alert Rule
- Adding a Report to an Alert payload
1. Build a Metric
Access New > Metric > Create New
To learn more about creating Metrics, refer to:
2. Create an Alert Rule
Access via Metric Viewer
- Click the [Alert icon]
- [+ New Rule] to access the Alert wizard
3. Define Alert Content Settings
After defining the Alert Type in Type tab:
- Proceed to Content tab
- In the Alert Payload dropdown select "Other element"
For more information, see Types of Alert Rules
4. Add a Report or External Report to Payload
- Choose the specific element
- Preview the Alert message to make sure it contains the required Report