Documentation forWeb Performance Monitor

Configure WPM alerts

An alert is an automated notification that a network event occurred, such as a server becoming unresponsive. The network event that triggers an alert is determined by conditions set up when the alert was created.

You can add alerts for any object in your environment, including WPM transaction locations, transactions, and transaction steps. For example, you can create custom alerts that are triggered if a transaction location is unavailable for more than ten minutes, or a specific step takes too long.

To create, view, and acknowledge alerts, see these topics in the SolarWinds Platform Self-Hosted documentation: 

To learn more about alerts, see:

Use custom properties for WPM alerts

In the SolarWinds Platform, you can create custom properties to associate custom fields with monitored network objects and display custom information for monitored devices. For example, you can create an e-mail contact property and then configure a WPM alert to send an email to addresses specified in that custom property when alert conditions are met for WPM transaction monitors.

Note the following details about custom properties:

  • You cannot add or edit custom properties directly in a WPM transaction by editing transaction steps. Use the Settings > All Settings > Manage Custom Properties page instead.
  • Custom properties for WPM transactions are stored in the SEUM_RecordingCustomProperties table.

To learn more about custom properties, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Guide.

WPM alert variables

Refer to these online help topics to learn about variables that can be used to create Alert messages for WPM objects:

To learn more about alerts, see the SolarWinds Platform Product Guide. See also Use the SolarWinds Query Language.