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birchall
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6 months ago

Alert if other datapoint = x

Hey folks, 

I have a custom Powershell script, that effectively returns 2 results. 

DaysRemaining
    Returns any integer value
    This datapoint alerts when there is <=30 days remaining 

InUse
    Returns Boolean 0/1 (0=not in use / 1=in use).

I am wondering how I can surpess the DaysRemaining alert, when the the "InUse" datapoint returns 0 (not in use)

Any help greatly appreciated. 

  • Mike_Moniz's avatar
    Mike_Moniz
    6 months ago

    You can use Complex Datapoints that has an IF expression that can return a different value depending on the InUse state. You would then setup thresholds on this datapoint instead of the original DaysRemaining. There are several built-in Datasources that do this, like AWS_EC2 and AWS_Connect.

    So something like this (did not test): if(eq(InUse,1),DaysRemaining,unkn()) , which you can then name "DaysRemainingIfInUse" or the like.

  • Mike_Moniz's avatar
    Mike_Moniz
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    6 months ago

    You can use Complex Datapoints that has an IF expression that can return a different value depending on the InUse state. You would then setup thresholds on this datapoint instead of the original DaysRemaining. There are several built-in Datasources that do this, like AWS_EC2 and AWS_Connect.

    So something like this (did not test): if(eq(InUse,1),DaysRemaining,unkn()) , which you can then name "DaysRemainingIfInUse" or the like.