Alert Types, Severities, and States for SAP ASE

Properties that define and control alerts.

An alert’s type determines what causes it to fire.

Alert types
Type Description
State A state alert fires when the metric on which it is based changes to a particular state. The possible states are running, pending, stopped, warning, error, and unknown.
Threshold A threshold alert fires when the metric on which it is based passes a preset level.

Alert severities control when an alert is issued. You can configure the states or threshold values for each alert.

Alert severities
Severity Description
Normal No alert is issued.
Warning A problem has given cause for concern. An alert is issued; you can subscribe to alerts that fire at the Warning level.
Critical A serious problem exists. An alert is issued; you can subscribe to alerts that fire at the Critical level.
SAP ASE States
Alert/KPI State Description
Resource State Running Resource or component is operating normally. This state is associated with a severity of Normal.
Stopped The resource or component tracked by this metric is unreachable. This state is associated with a severity of Critical.
Related concepts
Alert-Triggered Scripts
Related reference
SAP ASE Alerts
Alert-Triggered Script Examples
Substitution Parameters for Scripts