Creating an Instant Rule

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About this task

The instant rule feature enables you to quickly create a KPI or event rule and apply it to a specific KPI instance or to all instances of a KPI. You create instant rules using the Create Rule page which is accessible from the KPI Instance Detail page.

Note that the following procedure assumes that you are already working from the KPI Instance Detail page. See Using the KPI Instance Detail Page for more information about the KPI Instance Detail page.

To create an instant rule

Procedure

  1. On the KPI Instance Detail page click Menu icon in the upper right corner and select Create Rule.
    The Create Rule page is displayed.
  2. Complete the fields on the Create Rule page.
    The following table describes the fields on the Create Rule page.
    Field Description
    Name Descriptive name for the rule you are creating.
    Apply To Click the appropriate check box to indicate whether you want this rule to apply to the selected KPI instance only or to all KPI instances.
    Send Alert To Enables you to specify a user who will receive an alert message if the rule is violated. This field is unavailable if the currently logged in user hasn’t specified an e-mail address in the user settings.
    Action Enables you to specify a system action to invoke automatically if the rule is violated.
    Execute On Enables you to specify whether the rule should fire on a KPI interval (KPI-Aggregation Interval) or on an actual event (Event-Every Event Occurrence).
    Expression Type Enables you to specify the type of expression to be used with this rule. The actual expression is defined in the Condition field below. The Expression Type options are as follows:
    • Reading Value: Enables you to create a rule violation condition statement based on a user-selected comparator and value.
    • Normality: Enables you to create a rule violation condition statement based on values being one or two standard deviations above or below the mean value.
    • Trending: Enables you to create a rule violation condition statement based on a value that is trending up or down for a specified duration.
    Condition This field enables you to formulate the expression that determines the specific conditions under which a rule will fire....
      For expression type Complete these fields
      Reading Value Choose a comparison operator from the Comparison drop-down list and specify a value in the Value field.
      Normality Choose the appropriate radio button.
      Trending Choose either Trends Up or Trends Down and specify a whole integer of intervals in the Duration field.
    Generate historical rule violations (may take some time to process) Click this check box if you want the system to go through all legacy data and generate historical rule violations as appropriate.
    CAUTION:
    If you elect to generate historical rule violations, be aware that the process will likely consume significant system resources for some time. Be sure to plan accordingly.
  3. Click Save to save the rule configuration as specified.