diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/_index.md b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/_index.md index 14090371d89..f83fec9bddc 100644 --- a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/_index.md +++ b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/_index.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ An alert rule is a set of evaluation criteria for when an alert rule should fire While queries and expressions select the data set to evaluate, a condition sets the threshold that an alert must meet or exceed to create an alert. -An interval specifies how frequently an alerting rule is evaluated. Duration, when configured, indicates how long a condition must be met. The alert rules can also define alerting behavior in the absence of data. +An interval specifies how frequently an alert rule is evaluated. Duration, when configured, indicates how long a condition must be met. The alert rules can also define alerting behavior in the absence of data. - [Alert rule types]({{< relref "./alert-rule-types" >}}) - [Alert instances]({{< relref "./alert-instances" >}}) diff --git a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/state-and-health.md b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/state-and-health.md index 0f66f3a8325..58309a2b0e0 100644 --- a/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/state-and-health.md +++ b/docs/sources/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/state-and-health.md @@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ labels: - cloud - enterprise - oss -title: State and health of alerting rules +title: State and health of alert rules weight: 405 --- -# State and health of alerting rules +# State and health of alert rules -The state and health of alerting rules help you understand several key status indicators about your alerts. +The state and health of alert rules help you understand several key status indicators about your alerts. There are three key components: [alert rule state](#alert-rule-state), [alert instance state](#alert-instance-state), and [alert rule health](#alert-rule-health). Although related, each component conveys subtly different information. @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ An alert instance can be in either of the following states: | **Pending** | The state of an alert that has been active for less than the configured threshold duration. | | **Alerting** | The state of an alert that has been active for longer than the configured threshold duration. | | **NoData** | No data has been received for the configured time window. | -| **Error** | The error that occurred when attempting to evaluate an alerting rule. | +| **Error** | The error that occurred when attempting to evaluate an alert rule. | ## Alert rule health @@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ An alert rule can have one the following health statuses: | State | Description | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -| **Ok** | No error when evaluating an alerting rule. | -| **Error** | An error occurred when evaluating an alerting rule. | +| **Ok** | No error when evaluating an alert rule. | +| **Error** | An error occurred when evaluating an alert rule. | | **NoData** | The absence of data in at least one time series returned during a rule evaluation. | ## Special alerts for `NoData` and `Error` -When evaluation of an alerting rule produces state `NoData` or `Error`, Grafana Alerting will generate alert instances that have the following additional labels: +When evaluation of an alert rule produces state `NoData` or `Error`, Grafana Alerting will generate alert instances that have the following additional labels: | Label | Description | | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |