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Title: Alert object
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description: An object that contains alert info
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url: '/operate/rs/7.4/references/rest-api/objects/alert/'
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You can view, configure, and enable various alerts for the cluster.

Alerts are bound to a cluster object (such as a [BDB]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.4/references/rest-api/objects/bdb" >}}) or [node]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.4/references/rest-api/objects/node" >}})), and the cluster's state determines whether the alerts turn on or off.

  Name  | Type/Value | Description | Writable
|-------|------------|-------------|----------|
| change_time | string | Timestamp when alert state last changed | |
| change_value | object | Contains data relevant to the evaluation time when the alert went on/off (thresholds, sampled values, etc.) | |
| enabled | boolean | If true, alert is enabled | x |
| severity | 'DEBUG'<br />'INFO'<br />'WARNING'<br />'ERROR'<br />'CRITICAL' | The alert's severity | |
| state | boolean | If true, alert is currently triggered | |
| threshold | string | Represents an alert threshold when applicable | x |