Resource-level alert overrides

RudderStack’s Configurable Alerts allow users to establish failure thresholds and delivery channels for their entire workspace. However, not all resources require the same level of monitoring. A critical business destination requires a more stringent threshold compared to a less important one, and the team responsible for a particular pipeline may wish to receive its alerts in their own Slack channel.

Now, individual resources such as sources, destinations, and transformations can override the workspace-level alert settings. Users can establish a distinct threshold or direct alerts to a different channel for a single resource, while the remaining resources continue to follow the workspace's default settings. When a resource inherits all workspace-level alert settings except for those that are explicitly overridden.

In the event that one alert type's threshold is overridden for a source but the other remains unchanged, the latter adheres to the workspace-level setting. Workspace-level alerts serve as an excellent baseline, but a single set of thresholds and channels is insufficient for accommodating every pipeline within a rapidly expanding workspace.

Resource-level alert overrides come in handy when a particular source, destination, or transformation necessitates a stricter (or more lenient) threshold than the workspace baseline or when its alerts should be routed to a different team or channel than the rest of the pipelines. Resource-level alert overrides are accessible on RudderStack's Growth and Enterprise plans.

Configuring these overrides necessitates admin access or the Alert Overrides permission. To redirect a resource's alerts to alternative channels, navigate to the same Alerts tab. Within the Channels section, click Setup next to the channel you wish to configure. To revert any override, click the reset icon adjacent to the custom setting and confirm.

For comprehensive setup details, including the permissions required and the alert types applicable to each resource type, refer to Resource-level alerts.