[Feature request] Make alert threshold visibility in graphs optional #7258

tomasv · 2017-01-13T16:04:36Z

Hey 👋

For my use-cases I don't really need to see the thresholds of an alert in my graphs and they're pretty stark visually (red and the whole alertable area is tinted as well). That's why I was thinking that perhaps it would make sense to make it optional.

Maybe a checkbox "Show alert thresholds" in "Alert Config"? Or does "Display > Thresholds" make more sense for this?

bergquist · 2017-01-16T13:48:06Z

I think this makes sense. PR would be appreciated!

dbrgn · 2017-03-11T21:00:40Z

Here's a case where it's especially distracting:

I have a system where I collect two temperature measurements. An alert happens if the first is >50°C or if the second is >70°C.

The diagram now shows a green heart to indicate that no alert situation is ongoing, but the second time series is in the red area:

This looks as if an alert should happen.

Being able to change the appearance or to disable the visual threshold would be greatly appreciated.

inklit · 2017-06-13T16:11:12Z

The alert threshold really makes my graph look like nonsense, so it would be great to make the redness optional.

Really at this point it's just polluting my graph.
http://i.imgur.com/3x9oFjG.png

4szt4l · 2017-12-13T01:06:18Z

+1

Until then my workarounds:
Alert thresholds are showing only for the 1st condition.
So in the 1st line I setup something that will never happen and where the limit is outside the panel, then I add a original condition in the 2nd row with an OR.

Other alternative - if you use only 1 axis:
Move everything to the right axes and set left axis limit to something that is out of the alert range (though a (right-y) will be shown every line in the legends)

NotTheEconomist · 2018-09-27T00:44:17Z

Any update on this issue?

timmmmmeh · 2018-10-12T20:40:18Z

+1 to this. Right now I have a graph of server errors that alerts if the number of errors is greater than 0. The whole graph is shaded red so it'd be helpful to be able to disable this display.

Eptis · 2018-10-19T12:38:44Z

+1 for this feature. It was fine with the threshold features

TheGoblinHero · 2018-11-06T12:27:35Z

+1 also

Grygon · 2018-11-13T20:39:56Z

+1 here too. Right now I just have a dashboard that I never look at with alerts, but that seems stupid to me when it's all just repeats of existing panels.

HenGold · 2018-11-15T15:24:19Z

+1 here same as @ArmedChef

pcamelo · 2018-11-29T11:12:36Z

+1

CameronJHall · 2019-01-09T16:06:55Z

+1 This would be a great feature.

leonickel · 2019-01-10T09:41:57Z

+1

luchaninov · 2019-02-02T14:52:52Z

+1

Asafb26 · 2019-02-03T12:36:37Z

+1

cdroot92 · 2019-02-08T01:56:12Z

+1

pjschaafsma · 2019-02-18T16:57:55Z

In general, the rule should be to not draw attention when no no attention is necessary, or at least allow disabling false positives (something draws attention, when actually everything is fine).

By the way, is this related to the issue where grafana keeps adding green markers to indicate alerts did not fire?

randybb · 2019-03-13T18:25:37Z

Probably there could be three visibility options:

visible as we see it now,
enabled as mark (triangle or arrow) on y axis,
hidden.

pfeerick · 2019-04-02T23:57:34Z

randybb's suggestions are good. I'd also like to see this implemented, as like in dbrgn's example above I am using graphs with multiple sensors (having different ranges), so the display of the warning threshold is just adding visual pollution to the graph.

blasco991 · 2019-04-03T15:27:18Z

+1

aharbis · 2019-04-07T16:41:56Z

It's also a bit weird that the thresholds are always drawn on the left axis, when the query driving the alert may be targeting the right axis. Example:

In this graph, the alert is configured as follows:

WHEN avg() OF query (B, 5m, now) IS ABOVE 60

In this case, B corresponds to the right axis. However, the threshold is drawn on the left axis. Not only is the threshold and color overlay distracting, it's not even an accurate representation of the threshold for the alert.

stieler-it · 2019-05-06T21:08:23Z

@aharbis Maybe you should find/open another issue for that one as it is not directly related to this feature request.

darklow · 2019-05-07T22:10:29Z

Alerts - such a great feature, yet enabling them for all charts, makes whole dashboard look like everything is on alert – red overlays on all charts. Hope this could be fixed until end of 2025. Sorry for sarcasm, this would require single checkbox to hide overlay (as there is already heart indicator near chart), yet issue is open for 2+ years :/

JulesLa · 2019-09-26T12:34:12Z

+1

macaba · 2019-10-14T09:31:16Z

+1
Just being able to turn off the fill would suit me.

rguaitanele · 2019-10-25T23:16:28Z

+1

Marctraider · 2019-11-09T21:50:01Z

+1

Samuel29 · 2019-11-19T10:01:39Z

+1

saxus · 2019-11-28T10:24:32Z

+1

lukkigi · 2019-12-12T21:53:00Z

+1

freedomwarrior · 2019-12-13T15:53:55Z

+1

sbarrier · 2019-12-14T08:46:09Z

It would be nice to have an option like the 'toggle legend', a 'toggle alert' which remove all alert overlays (threshold and annotation) which in some case add to much noise in the graphic.

epigns · 2020-01-15T10:48:48Z

It will be really helpful ! +1

RheaAyase · 2020-01-31T12:23:10Z

Wew, three years for something that simple and yet so damn important. I better figure out how to hack this myself than waiting for miracle, eh?

AlexandreGuidin · 2020-03-04T22:20:16Z

+1

stingalleman · 2020-03-11T19:02:44Z

Please..!! Why is this taking so long :(

dan-bolsun · 2020-04-07T16:43:22Z

any updates on this issue?

armageddon421 · 2020-04-15T09:13:30Z

I would really also like this. For now, I have a separate dashboard with copies of the graphs I want alerts for that I never look at. This means I don't have green hearts on the regular dashboards, but it's still better than all the clutter.

…efault to 'true' not to break current design. Use newly created alert.line when rendering graph Should close feature req grafana#7258.

ikkemaniac · 2020-05-22T23:28:34Z

What about this? Seems to be working on my end. Can someone else test?

@ikkemaniac

Credit to @ikkemaniac in grafana#25034, but taking this to sign CLA and get it landed. Four commit message were: - add 'fill' switch on Alert Tab - add 'fill' to Alert init model. Make default value 'true' not to break current design - use newly created alert.fill when rendering graph - add 'line' switch on Alert tab, add 'line' to Alert init model. Set default to 'true' not to break current design. Use newly created alert.line when rendering graph Should close feature req grafana#7258.

@ikkemaniac

…25705) * Squash four commits and claim. Credit to @ikkemaniac in #25034, but taking this to sign CLA and get it landed. Four commit message were: - add 'fill' switch on Alert Tab - add 'fill' to Alert init model. Make default value 'true' not to break current design - use newly created alert.fill when rendering graph - add 'line' switch on Alert tab, add 'line' to Alert init model. Set default to 'true' not to break current design. Use newly created alert.line when rendering graph Should close feature req #7258. * Move alert toggle to Display tab. * Move alertThreshold to PanelModel.options. * Fix ThresholdMapper tests by adding options to each mocked panel. * Update documentation for the new display option. * Update docs with review feedback. * Handle onRender with null panel in ThresholdMapper

stingalleman · 2020-08-04T09:17:40Z

Awesome, finally! Thank you all so much!

torkelo added type/feature-request area/panel/graph area/alerting Grafana Alerting labels Jan 16, 2017

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torkelo mentioned this issue Jan 3, 2018

[Feature Request] Hide Alarm Thresholds #10410

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shirakaba mentioned this issue Jan 4, 2018

Show all alert thresholds (for multi-condition alert) #10430

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aharbis mentioned this issue May 7, 2019

[Bug] Alert threshold defaults to left-Y axes even when alerting on query mapped to right-Y axes #12705

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torkelo mentioned this issue Jan 10, 2020

Alert display assumes threshold is scale compatible with left axis #21445

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bashgeek mentioned this issue Feb 11, 2020

Dashboard: Toggle for alert threshold display in panels #22086

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ikkemaniac mentioned this issue May 22, 2020

Add Selector switches for Alert Fill and Lines - #7258 #25034

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jpalpant mentioned this issue Jun 18, 2020

Alerting: Add toggle to disable alert threshold visibility in graph panel #25705

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oddlittlebird closed this as completed in #25705 Aug 3, 2020

[Feature request] Make alert threshold visibility in graphs optional #7258

[Feature request] Make alert threshold visibility in graphs optional #7258

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tomasv commented Jan 13, 2017 • edited

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