Defines the schema for an alert within incidents in BigPanda
Expanding Alert Data
To include the full alert object for each retrieved incident, include
expand=alertsin the query.When making a call with alerts expanded, page size cannot be larger than 10. An expanded call with a page size greater than 10 will return a 400 error.
Parameters
The Alert object schema includes the following attributes:
| Parameter | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| id | System-generated unique identifier for the alert | String |
| status | The most severe status the alert triggered Possible returns are: critical, warning, unknown, ok | String |
| start | Unix epoch time when the alert was received (in seconds). | Timestamp (in seconds) |
| end | Unix epoch time when the alert was resolved (in seconds). | Timestamp (in seconds) |
| changed_at | Unix epoch time when the alert status last changed (in seconds). | Timestamp (in seconds) |
| updated_at | Unix epoch time when the last change to the alert occurred (in seconds). | Timestamp (in seconds) |
| last_event_at | Unix epoch time when the last alert event occurred (in seconds). | Timestamp (in seconds) |
| active | Whether the alert is active and has not been manually resolved. | Boolean |
| primary_property | Main object that triggered the alert | String |
| secondary_property | Secondary object or sub-item that triggered the alert | String |
| source_system | Integrated monitoring system that sent the alert to BigPanda | String |
| incident_key | A unique id BigPanda uses to recognize if two events are related to each other | String |
| maintenance_plans | If alert is in maintenance, returns the plan ids | Array |
| description | Brief summary (max. 2048 characters) of the alert included by certain monitoring tools | String |
| tags | Array of name-value pairs that represent alert properties. Attributes: name - Tag name in BigPanda. value - Tag value in BigPanda. Note: By default, tag values are limited to a maximum of 30 items. Each value supports up to 512 characters before truncation. If you want to increase the value limit, reach out to your BigPanda account team. | String |
{
"alert_id": "60a4ee83bb7d9d046b8d7a93",
"status" : "critical",
"start": 1466416853,
"end": null,
"changed_at": 1466417169,
"updated_at": 1466417169,
"last_event_at": 1466417169,
"active": true,
“primary_property”: “host”,
“secondary_property”: “check”,
"source_system": "api.backend_monitoring",
"incident_key" : “prod-mwv2-demo-1__Host is down”,
“maintenance_plans”: “60450a8012d7dd0464f1b87dl”,
"description": "CRITICAL - Host Unreachable",
"tags":[ {"name":"host","value":"production-database-1"}, {"name":"check","value":"CPU load"} ]
}