Alerting

Can we set an alert to run at any minute past the hour?

ddrillic
Ultra Champion

The Alert UI allows us to choose 0, 15, 30 and 45 past the hour. Can we set it up somehow to be at any minute past the hour? The motivation is to spread the alerts as evenly as we can across the hour to avoid skipped searches at peak usage time...

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adonio
Ultra Champion

hello there,

pick "Run on Cron Schedule" from the drop-down and fill the cron expression,
in your case 1 * * * *
see screenshots below

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adonio
Ultra Champion

hello there,

pick "Run on Cron Schedule" from the drop-down and fill the cron expression,
in your case 1 * * * *
see screenshots below

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ddrillic
Ultra Champion

Perfect @adonio - thank you!

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Why not just use a cron schedule to run it every 1 minute past every hour?

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