Adding or editing category usage alerts

Use the Category Usage > Add Category Usage Alerts or Edit Category Usage Alerts page to:

  • (Add page only) Select new categories for usage alerts
  • Establish or update the threshold for usage alerts
  • Select or update alerting methods (email, SNMP)

If you are creating one or more new alerts, start by marking the check box next to each category that you want to add with the same threshold and alert methods.

Note: You cannot add usage alerts for any category that is excluded from logging. See Configuring how requests are logged.

The remaining steps are available both for adding and for editing usage alerts:

Steps

  1. Set or update the Threshold by selecting the number of requests that cause an alert to be generated.
  2. Mark the check box for each desired alert method (Email, SNMP) for these categories.

    Only the alert methods that have been enabled on the Alerts page (see Configuring general alert options) are available for selection.

  3. Click OK to cache your changes and return to the Category Usage page (see Configuring category usage alerts). Changes are not implemented until you click Save and Deploy.

Next steps

Edit the details for multiple category usage alerts by checking the box to the left of each category you want to change and clicking Edit. The selections you make on the Edit Category Usage Alerts page will be applied to all selected categories.