Metric Alerts - Create Or Update

Service:
Monitor
API Version:
2018-03-01

Create or update an metric alert definition.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/{ruleName}?api-version=2018-03-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
 path True
  • string

The name of the resource group.
ruleName
 path True
  • string

The name of the rule.
subscriptionId
 path True
  • string

The Azure subscription Id.
api-version
 query True
  • string

Client Api Version.

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
location True
  • string

Resource location
properties.actions

the array of actions that are performed when the alert rule becomes active, and when an alert condition is resolved.
properties.autoMitigate
  • boolean

the flag that indicates whether the alert should be auto resolved or not. The default is true.
properties.criteria True MetricAlertCriteria:

defines the specific alert criteria information.
properties.description True
  • string

the description of the metric alert that will be included in the alert email.
properties.enabled True
  • boolean

the flag that indicates whether the metric alert is enabled.
properties.evaluationFrequency True
  • string

how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format.
properties.scopes
  • string[]

the list of resource id's that this metric alert is scoped to.
properties.severity True
  • integer

Alert severity {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
properties.targetResourceRegion
  • string

the region of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory for MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria.
properties.targetResourceType
  • string

the resource type of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory for MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria.
properties.windowSize True
  • string

the period of time (in ISO 8601 duration format) that is used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold.
tags
  • object

Resource tags

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

OK
Other Status Codes

BadRequest

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Create or update a dynamic alert rule for Multiple Resources
Create or update a dynamic alert rule for Single Resource
Create or update a web test alert rule
Create or update an alert rule for Multiple Resource
Create or update an alert rule for Single Resource
Create or update an alert rule on Resource group(s)
Create or update an alert rule on Subscription

Create or update a dynamic alert rule for Multiple Resources

Sample Request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleResources?api-version=2018-03-01
Request Body
{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme1",
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "DynamicThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "operator": "GreaterOrLessThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "dimensions": [],
          "alertSensitivity": "Medium",
          "failingPeriods": {
            "numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 4,
            "minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 4
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample Response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleResources",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme1",
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "DynamicThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "operator": "GreaterOrLessThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "dimensions": [],
          "alertSensitivity": "Medium",
          "failingPeriods": {
            "numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 4,
            "minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 4
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update a dynamic alert rule for Single Resource

Sample Request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/chiricutin?api-version=2018-03-01
Request Body
{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "DynamicThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "operator": "GreaterOrLessThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "dimensions": [],
          "alertSensitivity": "Medium",
          "failingPeriods": {
            "numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 4,
            "minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 4
          },
          "ignoreDataBefore": "2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample Response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/chiricutin",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "DynamicThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "operator": "GreaterOrLessThan",
          "timeAggregation": "Average",
          "dimensions": [],
          "alertSensitivity": "Medium",
          "failingPeriods": {
            "numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 4,
            "minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 4
          },
          "ignoreDataBefore": "2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update a web test alert rule

Sample Request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourceGroups/rg-example/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/webtest-name-example?api-version=2018-03-01
Request Body
{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/webtest-name-example": "Resource",
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/component-example": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "Automatically created alert rule for availability test \"component-example\" a",
    "enabled": true,
    "severity": 4,
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "criteria": {
      "failedLocationCount": 2,
      "webTestId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/component-example",
      "componentId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/webtest-name-example",
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria"
    },
    "actions": [],
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/component-example",
      "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/webtest-name-example"
    ]
  }
}

Sample Response

Status code:
200 
{
  "location": "global",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "name": "webtest-name-example",
  "id": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/webtest-name-example",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/component-example": "Resource",
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/webtest-name-example": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "Automatically created alert rule for availability test \"webtest-name-example\" a",
    "severity": 4,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/webtest-name-example",
      "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/component-example"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "criteria": {
      "webTestId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/webtests/webtest-name-example",
      "componentId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789101/resourcegroups/rg-example/providers/microsoft.insights/components/component-example",
      "failedLocationCount": 2,
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria"
    },
    "actions": []
  }
}

Create or update an alert rule for Multiple Resource

Sample Request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleResources?api-version=2018-03-01
Request Body
{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme1",
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample Response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertOnMultipleResources",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme1",
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update an alert rule for Single Resource

Sample Request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/chiricutin?api-version=2018-03-01
Request Body
{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "Pt1m",
    "windowSize": "Pt15m",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.SingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "\\Processor(_Total)\\% Processor Time",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample Response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/chiricutin",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/gigwadme"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "Pt1m",
    "windowSize": "Pt15m",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.SingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "\\Processor(_Total)\\% Processor Time",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update an alert rule on Resource group(s)

Sample Request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest1/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertAtResourceGroupLevel?api-version=2018-03-01
Request Body
{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest1",
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample Response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest1/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertAtResourceGroupLevel",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest1",
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest2"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create or update an alert rule on Subscription

Sample Request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts/MetricAlertAtSubscriptionLevel?api-version=2018-03-01
Request Body
{
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {},
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample Response

Status code:
200 
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourceGroups/gigtest/providers/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/MetricAlertAtSubscriptionLevel",
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/metricAlerts",
  "location": "global",
  "tags": {
    "hidden-link:/subscriptions/b67f7fec-69fc-4974-9099-a26bd6ffeda3/resourceGroups/Rac46PostSwapRG/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/leoalerttest": "Resource"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "This is the description of the rule1",
    "severity": 3,
    "enabled": true,
    "scopes": [
      "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7"
    ],
    "evaluationFrequency": "PT1M",
    "windowSize": "PT15M",
    "targetResourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
    "targetResourceRegion": "southcentralus",
    "criteria": {
      "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "criterionType": "StaticThresholdCriterion",
          "name": "High_CPU_80",
          "metricName": "Percentage CPU",
          "metricNamespace": "microsoft.compute/virtualmachines",
          "dimensions": [],
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 80.5,
          "timeAggregation": "Average"
        }
      ]
    },
    "autoMitigate": false,
    "actions": [
      {
        "actionGroupId": "/subscriptions/14ddf0c5-77c5-4b53-84f6-e1fa43ad68f7/resourcegroups/gigtest/providers/microsoft.insights/notificationgroups/group2",
        "webHookProperties": {
          "key11": "value11",
          "key12": "value12"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Definitions

AggregationType

the criteria time aggregation types.
DynamicMetricCriteria

Criterion for dynamic threshold.
DynamicThresholdFailingPeriods

The minimum number of violations required within the selected lookback time window required to raise an alert.
DynamicThresholdOperator

The operator used to compare the metric value against the threshold.
DynamicThresholdSensitivity

The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern.
ErrorResponse

Describes the format of Error response.
MetricAlertAction

An alert action.
MetricAlertMultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

Specifies the metric alert criteria for multiple resource that has multiple metric criteria.
MetricAlertResource

The metric alert resource.
MetricAlertSingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

Specifies the metric alert criteria for a single resource that has multiple metric criteria.
MetricCriteria

Criterion to filter metrics.
MetricDimension

Specifies a metric dimension.
Operator

the criteria operator.
WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria

Specifies the metric alert rule criteria for a web test resource.

AggregationType

the criteria time aggregation types.

Name Type Description
Average
  • string
Count
  • string
Maximum
  • string
Minimum
  • string
Total
  • string

DynamicMetricCriteria

Criterion for dynamic threshold.

Name Type Description
alertSensitivity

The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern.
criterionType string:
  • DynamicThresholdCriterion

Specifies the type of threshold criteria
dimensions

List of dimension conditions.
failingPeriods

The minimum number of violations required within the selected lookback time window required to raise an alert.
ignoreDataBefore
  • string

Use this option to set the date from which to start learning the metric historical data and calculate the dynamic thresholds (in ISO8601 format)
metricName
  • string

Name of the metric.
metricNamespace
  • string

Namespace of the metric.
name
  • string

Name of the criteria.
operator

The operator used to compare the metric value against the threshold.
timeAggregation

the criteria time aggregation types.

DynamicThresholdFailingPeriods

The minimum number of violations required within the selected lookback time window required to raise an alert.

Name Type Description
minFailingPeriodsToAlert
  • number

The number of violations to trigger an alert. Should be smaller or equal to numberOfEvaluationPeriods.
numberOfEvaluationPeriods
  • number

The number of aggregated lookback points. The lookback time window is calculated based on the aggregation granularity (windowSize) and the selected number of aggregated points.

DynamicThresholdOperator

The operator used to compare the metric value against the threshold.

Name Type Description
GreaterOrLessThan
  • string
GreaterThan
  • string
LessThan
  • string

DynamicThresholdSensitivity

The extent of deviation required to trigger an alert. This will affect how tight the threshold is to the metric series pattern.

Name Type Description
High
  • string
Low
  • string
Medium
  • string

ErrorResponse

Describes the format of Error response.

Name Type Description
code
  • string

Error code
message
  • string

Error message indicating why the operation failed.

MetricAlertAction

An alert action.

Name Type Description
actionGroupId
  • string

the id of the action group to use.
webHookProperties
  • object

The properties of a webhook object.

MetricAlertMultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

Specifies the metric alert criteria for multiple resource that has multiple metric criteria.

Name Type Description
allOf MultiMetricCriteria[]:

the list of multiple metric criteria for this 'all of' operation.
odata.type string:
  • Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

specifies the type of the alert criteria.

MetricAlertResource

The metric alert resource.

Name Type Description
id
  • string

Azure resource Id
location
  • string

Resource location
name
  • string

Azure resource name
properties.actions

the array of actions that are performed when the alert rule becomes active, and when an alert condition is resolved.
properties.autoMitigate
  • boolean

the flag that indicates whether the alert should be auto resolved or not. The default is true.
properties.criteria MetricAlertCriteria:

defines the specific alert criteria information.
properties.description
  • string

the description of the metric alert that will be included in the alert email.
properties.enabled
  • boolean

the flag that indicates whether the metric alert is enabled.
properties.evaluationFrequency
  • string

how often the metric alert is evaluated represented in ISO 8601 duration format.
properties.lastUpdatedTime
  • string

Last time the rule was updated in ISO8601 format.
properties.scopes
  • string[]

the list of resource id's that this metric alert is scoped to.
properties.severity
  • integer

Alert severity {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
properties.targetResourceRegion
  • string

the region of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory for MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria.
properties.targetResourceType
  • string

the resource type of the target resource(s) on which the alert is created/updated. Mandatory for MultipleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria.
properties.windowSize
  • string

the period of time (in ISO 8601 duration format) that is used to monitor alert activity based on the threshold.
tags
  • object

Resource tags
type
  • string

Azure resource type

MetricAlertSingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

Specifies the metric alert criteria for a single resource that has multiple metric criteria.

Name Type Description
allOf

The list of metric criteria for this 'all of' operation.
odata.type string:
  • Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.SingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria

specifies the type of the alert criteria.

MetricCriteria

Criterion to filter metrics.

Name Type Description
criterionType string:
  • StaticThresholdCriterion

Specifies the type of threshold criteria
dimensions

List of dimension conditions.
metricName
  • string

Name of the metric.
metricNamespace
  • string

Namespace of the metric.
name
  • string

Name of the criteria.
operator

the criteria operator.
threshold
  • number

the criteria threshold value that activates the alert.
timeAggregation

the criteria time aggregation types.

MetricDimension

Specifies a metric dimension.

Name Type Description
name
  • string

Name of the dimension.
operator
  • string

the dimension operator. Only 'Include' and 'Exclude' are supported
values
  • string[]

list of dimension values.

Operator

the criteria operator.

Name Type Description
Equals
  • string
GreaterThan
  • string
GreaterThanOrEqual
  • string
LessThan
  • string
LessThanOrEqual
  • string
NotEquals
  • string

WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria

Specifies the metric alert rule criteria for a web test resource.

Name Type Description
componentId
  • string

The Application Insights resource Id.
failedLocationCount
  • number

The number of failed locations.
odata.type string:
  • Microsoft.Azure.Monitor.WebtestLocationAvailabilityCriteria

specifies the type of the alert criteria.
webTestId
  • string

The Application Insights web test Id.