Understanding Alerts

An alert in RubiThings is a message generated when the data shared by the Thing violates a certain defined rule.
For example, we set a rule for a temperature sensor that the temperature value should be less than 23. While receiving data from the sensor, an alert message is generated whenever the data value exceeds 23.

Understanding RubiThings Alerts Page

The default RubiThings Alerts page is shown below.

When you connect the Thing to the system, it begins transferring data. Each value in the received data is verified against the defined Rule and the data template.
An alert is generated for each value that violates the Rule or doesn't comply with the defined template. This alert is displayed on the Alerts Page in RubiThings.
The Alerts Page with alerts generated by the system is shown below.

The table below explains various fields on the RubiThings Alerts Page.

Title Pane
*Field/Icon*	*Description*
Alerts	Alerts Tab Click to view the alerts generated for a Thing
Alert Type	Depending on the nature of the anomaly, the following four types of alerts are generated in the increasing order of severity. Info Warning Error Critical By default, alerts for all Alert Types are displayed. Select any Alert Type to display all the corresponding alerts Example 1: In the figure above, a Warning alert is generated for the Thing DHT11 on the 1^st of June 2022 at 05: 34:44 hours, stating that the Temperature received from the Thing is 23.82, which violates the defined rule "temperature> 22". Example 2: In the figure above, a Critical alert is generated for the Thing DHT11 on the 1^st of June 2022 at 05: 26:59 hours, stating that the data packet format does not match the provided data template. So, the data validation has failed.
Time Range	Depending upon the alert history, the following time ranges are available for viewing alerts Last 6 hours Last 12 hours Last 24 hours Last 3 days Last 7 days (default) Last 30 days Custom Range By default, alerts generated during the last 7 days are displayed. Click Custom Range and select the following values to display the alerts. From Date To Date
ID	The serial number of the alert in the list
Thing	The Thing for which the alert is displayed
Alert Type	The type of alert generated
Timestamp	The date and time at which the alert is generated
Message	A brief description of the reason for which the alert is generated.

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