Use the Rules Dashboard

Device Monitoring and Alerting allows you to use predefined rule templates to configure monitoring rules based on your needs from the Rules dashboard. Alerts are generated in near real time once the monitoring rules are enabled.

While the predefined rule templates are designed to help you save time by quickly configuring rules, they also allow you to customize the rule as per your requirements. You can add relevant descriptions, add precise conditions, and set a relevant priority for your alerts to best suit your needs.

Customizing alert rules allows you to:

• Focus on the metrics most critical to your organization
• Reduce noise by eliminating unnecessary alerts
• Ensure timely notifications for important events
• Align monitoring with your specific IT policies and requirements

You can configure rules using predefined rule templates from the Rules Dashboard.

To view the rules dashboard, clickRules on the Alerts console. The Rules dashboard displays all the existing rules. You can perform the following actions:

Creating a Rule

You can click +Rule to view the rule templates and create a new rule**.**See Configure Rules for Device Monitoring and Alerting to learn more.

Editing a Rule

You can update a rule from the rules dashboard.

To update an existing rule:

1. Click the rule that you want to update.
2. Make changes as required.
3. Use the Rule Status toggle button to update the status.
   • Enable: to activate the rule so the rule can be used to generate alerts.
   • **Disable:**todeactivate the rule rule so it is not used to generate alerts.
4. Click Save.

Your changes are saved and the status is updated.

Updating Rule Status

On the Rules dashboard, use the toggle button to update the status of a rule as required.

• Enable: to activate the rule so the rule can be used to generate alerts.
• **Disable:**todeactivate the rule so it is not used to generate alerts.

You can bulk update the status of one or more rules from the Rules dashboard.

To bulk update the status for multiple rules:

1. Select the rules on the dashboard.
2. Click the Actionsdropdown.
3. Select an option:
   • Enable: to activate the rule.
   • **Disable:**todeactivate the rule.

The status is updated for all the selected rules.

Deleting Rules

You can delete one or more rules from the Rules dashboard.

To delete rules:

1. Select the rules on the dashboard.
2. Click the Actions dropdown.
3. Select Delete and then click Delete again to confirm when prompted.

The rules are deleted and removed from the rules list.

note

Deleting rules does not remove any alerts previously generated by that rule. These alerts will continue to be visible in the Alert dashboard even after the rule is deleted.