Alarm rules are created in the Alarm rules page in the configuration view.
Name is freely selected administrative name for the alarm. NOTE: Remember to hit enter-key after typing the name.
Notification template is one of the message templates you have created earlier. Templates on all of the parent levels are available for the rule.
Data aggregation mode selection defines the mode of the value being monitored. For vibration analyses the selection should be value, but for analog measurements where the measurement is taken multiple times between the sample it can also be minimum, maximum or the average for the period.
Zone defines if the value is expected to increase or decrease when the condition deteriorates. If the increases, select above.
Bounded zone switch is used to determine if the alarm zones are open ended or closed. When bounded zone is switched on a value ever exists only on one zone at a time. When Bounded zone is not selected the value exists on multiple zones. Generally if there is no specific reason to select bounded zones one should not select it.
Thresholds
After common information has been selected the user can move on to define threshold settings. Threshold are set for at least one and up to all of the defined severity levels. It is most common to define all severity levels.
Severity is the level you wish to configure for this entry.
Threshold value defines the value that needs to be passed for the alarm to trigger.
Margin controls the amount the value needs to go over the threshold to trigger the alarm.
Time hysteresis is used to control the time the value needs to exceed the threshold in order to trigger the alarm. The value is given in seconds. Keep in mind that the minimum time regardless of the setting is always the sampling time of the metric. For example, if the sampling is every 1 minute and time hysteresis is set as 10s the alarm will be triggered if the next measurement (after 1min) is also above the threshold.
Notify on, user can select if the alarm should be triggered when new zone is entered, left or both.
All values can later be overwritten when the rules are taken into use for a specific metric in a specific device.
NOTE: If the save button is inactive, greyed out, double check if you have hit the enter key when giving the name for the rule.