Metric Alerts - Update
Update an metric alert definition.
PATCH 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
resource
|
path | True |
string |
The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive. |
rule
|
path | True |
string |
The name of the rule. |
subscription
|
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 | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
properties.actions |
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.scopes |
string[] |
the list of resource id's that this metric alert is scoped to. |
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 for MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria. |
properties.targetResourceType |
string |
the resource type of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory for MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria. |
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 |
Responses
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
200 OK |
OK |
|
Other Status Codes |
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 an alert rule
Sample request
PATCH https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/chiricutin?api-version=2018-03-01
{
"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
{
"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"
}
}
]
}
}
Definitions
Name | Description |
---|---|
Aggregation |
the criteria time aggregation types. |
Dynamic |
Criterion for dynamic threshold. |
Dynamic |
The minimum number of violations required within the selected lookback time window required to raise an alert. |
Dynamic |
The operator used to compare the metric value against the threshold. |
Dynamic |
The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern. |
Error |
Describes the format of Error response. |
Metric |
An alert action. |
Metric |
Specifies the metric alert criteria for multiple resource that has multiple metric criteria. |
Metric |
The metric alert resource. |
Metric |
The metric alert resource for patch operations. |
Metric |
Specifies the metric alert criteria for a single resource that has multiple metric criteria. |
Metric |
Criterion to filter metrics. |
Metric |
Specifies a metric dimension. |
Operator |
the criteria operator. |
Webtest |
Specifies the metric alert rule criteria for a web test resource. |
AggregationTypeEnum
the criteria time aggregation types.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Average |
string |
|
Count |
string |
|
Maximum |
string |
|
Minimum |
string |
|
Total |
string |
DynamicMetricCriteria
Criterion for dynamic threshold.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
alertSensitivity |
The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern. |
|
criterionType |
string:
Dynamic |
Specifies the type of threshold criteria |
dimensions |
List of dimension conditions. |
|
failingPeriods |
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 |
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 |
the criteria time aggregation types. |
DynamicThresholdFailingPeriods
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
The operator used to compare the metric value against the threshold.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
GreaterOrLessThan |
string |
|
GreaterThan |
string |
|
LessThan |
string |
DynamicThresholdSensitivity
The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
High |
string |
|
Low |
string |
|
Medium |
string |
ErrorResponse
Describes the format of Error response.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
code |
string |
Error code |
message |
string |
Error message indicating why the operation failed. |
MetricAlertAction
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
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. |
specifies the type of the alert criteria. |
MetricAlertResource
The metric alert resource.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
string |
Azure resource Id |
location |
string |
Resource location |
name |
string |
Azure resource name |
properties.actions |
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. |
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 |
MetricAlertResourcePatch
The metric alert resource for patch operations.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
properties.actions |
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. |
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 for MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria. |
properties.targetResourceType |
string |
the resource type of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory for MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria. |
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 |
MetricAlertSingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria
Specifies the metric alert criteria for a single resource that has multiple metric criteria.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
allOf |
The list of metric criteria for this 'all of' operation. |
|
odata.type |
string:
Microsoft. |
specifies the type of the alert criteria. |
MetricCriteria
Criterion to filter metrics.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
criterionType |
string:
Static |
Specifies the type of threshold criteria |
dimensions |
List of dimension conditions. |
|
metricName |
string |
Name of the metric. |
metricNamespace |
string |
Namespace of the metric. |
name |
string |
Name of the criteria. |
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 |
the criteria time aggregation types. |
MetricDimension
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
the criteria operator.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Equals |
string |
|
GreaterThan |
string |
|
GreaterThanOrEqual |
string |
|
LessThan |
string |
|
LessThanOrEqual |
string |
WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria
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. |
specifies the type of the alert criteria. |
webTestId |
string |
The Application Insights web test Id. |