topic How do I create an alert triggering if a task in task-scheduler fail, or for some reason doesn't start? in Alerting https://community.splunk.com/t5/Alerting/How-do-I-create-an-alert-triggering-if-a-task-in-task-scheduler/m-p/417566#M11742 <P>Have a task on a server that I want to monitor.<BR /> Can I search for specific event from that server and get an alert if it's spotted?<BR /> How does that search look like?</P> Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:57:36 GMT mceye 2019-02-28T12:57:36Z How do I create an alert triggering if a task in task-scheduler fail, or for some reason doesn't start? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Alerting/How-do-I-create-an-alert-triggering-if-a-task-in-task-scheduler/m-p/417566#M11742 <P>Have a task on a server that I want to monitor.<BR /> Can I search for specific event from that server and get an alert if it's spotted?<BR /> How does that search look like?</P> Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:57:36 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Alerting/How-do-I-create-an-alert-triggering-if-a-task-in-task-scheduler/m-p/417566#M11742 mceye 2019-02-28T12:57:36Z Re: How do I create an alert triggering if a task in task-scheduler fail, or for some reason doesn't start? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Alerting/How-do-I-create-an-alert-triggering-if-a-task-in-task-scheduler/m-p/417567#M11743 <P>If the task/process is in windows, you can monitor the process and if the process ends/dies, you can create an alert. Windows Security events can also be used.</P> <P>If its a unix, process logs/audit logs may be helpful.</P> Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:11:26 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Alerting/How-do-I-create-an-alert-triggering-if-a-task-in-task-scheduler/m-p/417567#M11743 lakshman239 2019-02-28T14:11:26Z