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Metric Alerts - Create Or Update

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Service:
Monitor
API Version:
2018-03-01

Create or update an metric alert definition.

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/{ruleName}?api-version=2018-03-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
 path True

string

The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
ruleName
 path True

string

The name of the rule.
subscriptionId
 path True

string

The ID of the target subscription.
api-version
 query True

string

The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
location True

string

Resource location
properties.criteria True MetricAlertCriteria:

defines the specific alert criteria information.
properties.enabled True

boolean

the flag that indicates whether the metric alert is enabled.
properties.evaluationFrequency True

string

how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format.
properties.scopes True

string[]

the list of resource id's that this metric alert is scoped to. You cannot change the scope of a metric rule based on logs.
properties.severity True

integer

Alert severity {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
properties.windowSize True

string

the period of time (in ISO 8601 duration format) that is used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold.
properties.actions

MetricAlertAction[]

the array of actions that are performed when the alert rule becomes active, and when an alert condition is resolved.
properties.autoMitigate

boolean

the flag that indicates whether the alert should be auto resolved or not. The default is true.
properties.description

string

the description of the metric alert that will be included in the alert email.
properties.targetResourceRegion

string

the region of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory if the scope contains a subscription, resource group, or more than one resource.
properties.targetResourceType

string

the resource type of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory if the scope contains a subscription, resource group, or more than one resource.
tags

object

Resource tags

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

MetricAlertResource

OK
Other Status Codes

ErrorResponse

BadRequest

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Create or update a dynamic alert rule for Multiple Resources
Create or update a dynamic alert rule for Single Resource
Create or update a web test alert rule
Create or update an alert rule for Multiple Resource
Create or update an alert rule for Single Resource
Create or update an alert rule on Resource group(s)
Create or update an alert rule on Subscription
Create or update an alert rules with dimensions

Create or update a dynamic alert rule for Multiple Resources

Sample request

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleResources?api-version=2018-03-01

{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme1",
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "DynamicThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "operator": "GreaterOrLessThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "dimensions": [],
          "alertSensitivity": "Medium",
          "failingPeriods": {
            "numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 4,
            "minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 4
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200
JSON 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleResources",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme1",
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "DynamicThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "operator": "GreaterOrLessThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "dimensions": [],
          "alertSensitivity": "Medium",
          "failingPeriods": {
            "numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 4,
            "minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 4
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update a dynamic alert rule for Single Resource

Sample request

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/chiricutin?api-version=2018-03-01

{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "DynamicThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "operator": "GreaterOrLessThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "dimensions": [],
          "alertSensitivity": "Medium",
          "failingPeriods": {
            "numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 4,
            "minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 4
          },
          "ignoreDataBefore": "2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200
JSON 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/chiricutin",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "DynamicThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "operator": "GreaterOrLessThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "dimensions": [],
          "alertSensitivity": "Medium",
          "failingPeriods": {
            "numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 4,
            "minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 4
          },
          "ignoreDataBefore": "2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update a web test alert rule

Sample request

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourceGroups/rg-example/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/webtest-name-example?api-version=2018-03-01

{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/webtest-name-example": "Resource",
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/component-example": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "Automatically created alert rule for availability test \"component-example\" a",
    "enabled": true,
    "severity": 4,
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "criteria": {
      "failedLocationCount": 2,
      "webTestId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/component-example",
      "componentId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/webtest-name-example",
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria"
    },
    "actions": [],
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/component-example",
      "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/webtest-name-example"
    ]
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200
JSON 
{
  "location": "global",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "name": "webtest-name-example",
  "id": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/webtest-name-example",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/component-example": "Resource",
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/webtest-name-example": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "Automatically created alert rule for availability test \"webtest-name-example\" a",
    "severity": 4,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/webtest-name-example",
      "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/component-example"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "criteria": {
      "webTestId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/webtest-name-example",
      "componentId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/component-example",
      "failedLocationCount": 2,
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria"
    },
    "actions": []
  }
}

Create or update an alert rule for Multiple Resource

Sample request

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleResources?api-version=2018-03-01

{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme1",
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200
JSON 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleResources",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme1",
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update an alert rule for Single Resource

Sample request

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/chiricutin?api-version=2018-03-01

{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.SingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "\\Processor(_Total)\\% Processor Time",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200
JSON 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/chiricutin",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.SingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "\\Processor(_Total)\\% Processor Time",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update an alert rule on Resource group(s)

Sample request

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest1/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertAtResourceGroupLevel?api-version=2018-03-01

{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest1",
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200
JSON 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest1/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertAtResourceGroupLevel",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest1",
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update an alert rule on Subscription

Sample request

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertAtSubscriptionLevel?api-version=2018-03-01

{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200
JSON 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertAtSubscriptionLevel",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update an alert rules with dimensions

Sample request

HTTP 
PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleDimensions?api-version=2018-03-01

{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "enabled": true,
    "severity": 3,
    "windowSize": "P1D",
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1H",
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/keyVaultResource"
    ],
    "criteria": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "metricName": "Availability",
          "metricNamespace": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "name": "Metric1",
          "dimensions": [
            {
              "name": "ActivityName",
              "operator": "Include",
              "values": [
                "*"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "StatusCode",
              "operator": "Include",
              "values": [
                "200"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "threshold": 55
        }
      ],
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria"
    },
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ],
    "autoMitigate": true
  }
}

Sample response

Status code:
200
JSON 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertWithDimensions",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/keyVaultResource"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1H",
    "windowSize": "P1D",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "metricName": "Availability",
          "metricNamespace": "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults",
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "name": "Metric1",
          "dimensions": [
            {
              "name": "ActivityName",
              "operator": "Include",
              "values": [
                "*"
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "StatusCode",
              "operator": "Include",
              "values": [
                "200"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "threshold": 55
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": true,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/actiongroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Definitions

Name Description
AdditionalInfo

An array of objects with 'type' and 'info' properties. The schema of 'info' is service-specific and dependent on the 'type' string.
AggregationTypeEnum

the criteria time aggregation types.
DynamicMetricCriteria

Criterion for dynamic threshold.
DynamicThresholdFailingPeriods

The minimum number of violations required within the selected lookback time window required to raise an alert.
DynamicThresholdOperator

The operator used to compare the metric value against the threshold.
DynamicThresholdSensitivity

The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern.
Error
ErrorDetail

Describes details of an error response.
ErrorResponse

Describes the format of Error response.
MetricAlertAction

An alert action.
MetricAlertMultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

Specifies the metric alert criteria for multiple resource that has multiple metric criteria.
MetricAlertResource

The metric alert resource.
MetricAlertSingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

Specifies the metric alert criteria for a single resource that has multiple metric criteria.
MetricCriteria

Criterion to filter metrics.
MetricDimension

Specifies a metric dimension.
Operator

the criteria operator.
WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria

Specifies the metric alert rule criteria for a web test resource.

AdditionalInfo

Object

An array of objects with 'type' and 'info' properties. The schema of 'info' is service-specific and dependent on the 'type' string.

Name Type Description
info

object

The additional information specific to the type.
type

string

The type of additional information.

AggregationTypeEnum

Enumeration

the criteria time aggregation types.

Value Description
Average
Count
Maximum
Minimum
Total

DynamicMetricCriteria

Object

Criterion for dynamic threshold.

Name Type Description
alertSensitivity

DynamicThresholdSensitivity

The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern.
criterionType string:

DynamicThresholdCriterion

Specifies the type of threshold criteria
dimensions

MetricDimension[]

List of dimension conditions.
failingPeriods

DynamicThresholdFailingPeriods

The minimum number of violations required within the selected lookback time window required to raise an alert.
ignoreDataBefore

string

Use this option to set the date from which to start learning the metric historical data and calculate the dynamic thresholds (in ISO8601 format)
metricName

string

Name of the metric.
metricNamespace

string

Namespace of the metric.
name

string

Name of the criteria.
operator

DynamicThresholdOperator

The operator used to compare the metric value against the threshold.
skipMetricValidation

boolean

Allows creating an alert rule on a custom metric that isn't yet emitted, by causing the metric validation to be skipped.
timeAggregation

AggregationTypeEnum

the criteria time aggregation types.

DynamicThresholdFailingPeriods

Object

The minimum number of violations required within the selected lookback time window required to raise an alert.

Name Type Description
minFailingPeriodsToAlert

number

The number of violations to trigger an alert. Should be smaller or equal to numberOfEvaluationPeriods.
numberOfEvaluationPeriods

number

The number of aggregated lookback points. The lookback time window is calculated based on the aggregation granularity (windowSize) and the selected number of aggregated points.

DynamicThresholdOperator

Enumeration

The operator used to compare the metric value against the threshold.

Value Description
GreaterOrLessThan
GreaterThan
LessThan

DynamicThresholdSensitivity

Enumeration

The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern.

Value Description
High
Low
Medium

Error

Object
Name Type Description
additionalInfo

AdditionalInfo[]

An array of objects with 'type' and 'info' properties. The schema of 'info' is service-specific and dependent on the 'type' string.
code

string

Unlocalized string which can be used to programmatically identify the error.
details

ErrorDetail[]

An array of additional nested error response info objects, as described by this contract.
message

string

Describes the error in detail and provides debugging information. If Accept-Language is set in the request, it must be localized to that language.
target

string

The target of the particular error (for example, the name of the property in error).

ErrorDetail

Object

Describes details of an error response.

Name Type Description
additionalInfo

AdditionalInfo[]

An array of objects with 'type' and 'info' properties. The schema of 'info' is service-specific and dependent on the 'type' string.
code

string

Unlocalized string which can be used to programmatically identify the error.
message

string

Describes the error in detail and provides debugging information.
target

string

The target of the particular error (for example, the name of the property in error).

ErrorResponse

Object

Describes the format of Error response.

Name Type Description
error

Error

MetricAlertAction

Object

An alert action.

Name Type Description
actionGroupId

string

the id of the action group to use.
webHookProperties

object

This field allows specifying custom properties, which would be appended to the alert payload sent as input to the webhook.

MetricAlertMultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

Object

Specifies the metric alert criteria for multiple resource that has multiple metric criteria.

Name Type Description
allOf MultiMetricCriteria[]:

the list of multiple metric criteria for this 'all of' operation.
odata.type string:

Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

specifies the type of the alert criteria.

MetricAlertResource

Object

The metric alert resource.

Name Type Description
id

string

Azure resource Id
location

string

Resource location
name

string

Azure resource name
properties.actions

MetricAlertAction[]

the array of actions that are performed when the alert rule becomes active, and when an alert condition is resolved.
properties.autoMitigate

boolean

the flag that indicates whether the alert should be auto resolved or not. The default is true.
properties.criteria MetricAlertCriteria:

defines the specific alert criteria information.
properties.description

string

the description of the metric alert that will be included in the alert email.
properties.enabled

boolean

the flag that indicates whether the metric alert is enabled.
properties.evaluationFrequency

string

how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format.
properties.isMigrated

boolean

the value indicating whether this alert rule is migrated.
properties.lastUpdatedTime

string

Last time the rule was updated in ISO8601 format.
properties.scopes

string[]

the list of resource id's that this metric alert is scoped to. You cannot change the scope of a metric rule based on logs.
properties.severity

integer

Alert severity {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
properties.targetResourceRegion

string

the region of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory if the scope contains a subscription, resource group, or more than one resource.
properties.targetResourceType

string

the resource type of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory if the scope contains a subscription, resource group, or more than one resource.
properties.windowSize

string

the period of time (in ISO 8601 duration format) that is used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold.
tags

object

Resource tags
type

string

Azure resource type

MetricAlertSingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

Object

Specifies the metric alert criteria for a single resource that has multiple metric criteria.

Name Type Description
allOf

MetricCriteria[]

The list of metric criteria for this 'all of' operation.
odata.type string:

Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.SingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

specifies the type of the alert criteria.

MetricCriteria

Object

Criterion to filter metrics.

Name Type Description
criterionType string:

StaticThresholdCriterion

Specifies the type of threshold criteria
dimensions

MetricDimension[]

List of dimension conditions.
metricName

string

Name of the metric.
metricNamespace

string

Namespace of the metric.
name

string

Name of the criteria.
operator

Operator

the criteria operator.
skipMetricValidation

boolean

Allows creating an alert rule on a custom metric that isn't yet emitted, by causing the metric validation to be skipped.
threshold

number

the criteria threshold value that activates the alert.
timeAggregation

AggregationTypeEnum

the criteria time aggregation types.

MetricDimension

Object

Specifies a metric dimension.

Name Type Description
name

string

Name of the dimension.
operator

string

the dimension operator. Only 'Include' and 'Exclude' are supported
values

string[]

list of dimension values.

Operator

Enumeration

the criteria operator.

Value Description
Equals
GreaterThan
GreaterThanOrEqual
LessThan
LessThanOrEqual

WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria

Object

Specifies the metric alert rule criteria for a web test resource.

Name Type Description
componentId

string

The Application Insights resource Id.
failedLocationCount

number

The number of failed locations.
odata.type string:

Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria

specifies the type of the alert criteria.
webTestId

string

The Application Insights web test Id.