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Automation & Alerting Related Training & Support Archives

Automation & Alerting training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.

Using Variables in ControlUp Notification Creation

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A discussion took place regarding the use of variables in notification creation based on the Citrix Connection Failures Advanced trigger. It was suggested to test a trigger with the Citrix Connection record type to see if the variables resolve. It was also mentioned that a ticket may need to be opened to gather logs for further investigation.

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Understanding the API Rate Limit and Cooldown Period at ControlUp

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A user asked about the cooldown period for the API rate limit and received information from a colleague stating that there is a limit of 60 requests per user per minute or 200 per minute for the entire organization, with the cooldown period showing up in the header of the API query for retry attempts. The user was unsure if this applied to compliance APIs as well and was reassured that the limit is consistent across all APIs.

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Event Severity Issues in ControlUp DEX Console

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A user created triggers for "Black Hole Machines" and "Registration Failures" but noticed the event severity was only showing as Informational in the DEX Console. They asked for assistance in changing the severity and shared a screenshot. However, it was confirmed that the severity cannot be changed at this time but may be considered in the future. The user wanted to use this value for reporting dashboards and trends. Support was following up on the issue and confirmed that the severity cannot be changed and all triggers will still create an event, regardless of the register event action configured. The trigger was originally set up to send a webhook to Google Chat, but this was changed to a PowerShell script triggered through Script Action to create ServiceNow incidents in the future. There is no way to define the severity of the event at this time.

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Using Event Alerts to Monitor Registry Key Values with ControlUp

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A user asked about using event alerts to monitor a specific registry key value. They were given a solution by another member to run a PowerShell script and write the result to ControlUp's System Events log using the SIP EVENT pattern. This can be done by importing a sample script to write values to a custom data index. Further assistance can be reached out to the Account team.

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