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Create complex alert conditions in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console

This article provides information on how to create Complex Alert Conditions so that an Alert will not trigger until X amount of Nodes have matched the Trigger Condition which you have created

First published date

10/26/2018 9:38 PM

Last published date

12/23/2025 12:43 AM

Overview

This article describes how to create complex alert conditions so that an alert will not trigger until X amount of nodes matched the Trigger Condition which you have created. 

For this example, you will need to create a custom property and apply to the nodes which you would like to include in the alert. This will give us a unique reference point to use to create the scope of our Alert.

See Create a custom property for more information.


Tip: To learn about using SQL queries on AlertDefinitionsView, see Quick way to look through all alert trigger definitions for a customer property in THWACK.

Product section

Orion Platform

Resolution

For this example, the custom property created is called ComplexAlertDemo and is applied to 3 or 4 nodes. 

To create the complex alert to trigger only once an X amount of device match the trigger condition, we must do the following:

 

  1. Log into the Web Console with an account with alert privileges.
  2. Click Settings > Manage Alerts > Add New Alert.
  3. Give the alert a name and description and confirm that it is set to enabled. Click Next.
  4. Under the Trigger Condition tab is where we are going to set the Alert Condition:
  5. Once the alert is configured, enable the "Complex Condition" option. This needs to be configured so that the alert will not trigger until 3 or more devices are exceeding the CPU threshold defined in the alert. 
  6. Expand the Advanced Option at the bottom of the page.
  7. Select the box and expand to "Enable Complex Conditions".
  8. A new field will appear here you can enter the minimum number of devices which matches the trigger condition before the trigger action is executed.
  9. You can follow the rest of the Alert Creation Wizard as the steps from there are the same as creating any standard alert.

 

See the following references for more information on creating alerts: