Splunk® Enterprise

Alerting Manual

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Alert types

There are two alert types, scheduled and real-time. Alert type definitions are based on alert search timing. Depending on the scenario, you can configure timing, triggering, and other behavior for either alert type.


Alert type comparison

Here is a comparison of scheduled and real-time alerts.

Alert type When it searches for events Triggering options Throttling options
Scheduled Searches according to a schedule. Choose from the available timing options or use a cron expression to schedule the search. Specify conditions for triggering the alert based on result or result field counts. When a set of search results meets the trigger conditions, the alert can trigger one time or once for each of the results. Specify a time period for suppression.
Real-time Searches continuously. Per-result: Triggers every time there is a search result. Specify a time period and optional field values for suppression.
Real-time Searches continuously. Rolling time window: Specify conditions for triggering the alert based on result or result field counts within a rolling time window. For example, a real-time alert can trigger whenever there are more than ten results in a five minute window. Specify a time period for suppression.
Last modified on 05 March, 2016
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.10, 8.0.8, 8.1.0, 8.0.9, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.2.0, 8.0.7, 8.2.1, 8.2.2

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