Overview

This email alert system is designed to keep you informed when your indexes have insufficient records. This feature periodically checks your current indexes and sends you a notification if the record count falls below your specified threshold. By addressing potential misconfigurations early, you can ensure continuous monitoring and optimal maintenance of your indexing system, preventing issues before they impact your performance.

Notification Details

Trigger

Email notifications are triggered when the system checks the current index at user-specified intervals. If the current index has fewer records than the user-specified minimum, an email notification is sent.

Configuration

General

1. Name / Subject: Define the email notification's name or subject line for easy identification.
2. Notification Type: Index with Insufficient Records
3. Minimum Record Count for Alert: Set the minimum record count to trigger an alert if the index falls below this number. The default is set to 0.
4. Recipients: Enter the email addresses of individuals who should receive the alert.
5. Is Active? Toggle to enable or disable the notification.

Schedule

Specify how often the system should check whether the condition for triggering the 'Insufficient Records' alert has been met.

Take the schedule in the screenshot as an example: The schedule is set to check the index weekly on Monday at 8:00 AM, ensuring timely alerts if the record count falls below the specified minimum.

Email Notification Content

Content

1. E-mail notification generated on {Date/Time}
2. Client Name (Your Engine Name)
3. Environment: DEV/TEST/PROD
4. Index Record Count

Example

Subject: Alert for Index with Insufficient Records

Content:

E-mail notification generated on: 6/4/2024 3:38:17 AM

Client Name: Elastic Demo

Environment: Development

Current index elasticdemo.20240603.130133, created on 6/3/2024 at 8:01:40 AM, has 2793 records, which triggers the alert.

Expected minimum number of records is: 4000