Create a configuration settings rule

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  • Mis à jour 13 mars 2026
  • 7 minutes de lecture
  • Configuration settings affect how metric data is processed. Configuration settings rules override the default metric processing behavior to determine the system actions when an anomaly is detected.

    Avant de commencer

    Role required: evt_mgmt_admin

    Pourquoi et quand exécuter cette tâche

    A number of configuration settings determine the behavior of Metric Intelligence MID Servers. In the base system, these configuration settings are configured with default values, data types, and range of valid values. You cannot directly modify these configuration settings or add new ones. However, you can create a metric configuration rule with new configuration settings that override the default values on the MID Servers.

    Then, manually apply these rules to all Metric Intelligence MID Servers in a single synchronization operation, or rely on an hourly system job to perform the synchronization.

    To take effect, Metric Intelligence MID Servers must be synchronized with the updates to the configuration settings rules.

    It is valid to have multiple rules for a setting that affect the same CIs, in which case:
    • Rules in which a filter is defined take precedence over a global rule in which no filter has been defined.
    • If multiple rules that affect the same set of CIs have the same priority, then only the latest rule to be defined is applied.
    • If multiple rules with different priorities affect the same set of CIs, then rules with the highest priority are applied.

    Procédure

    1. Navigate to All > Event Management > Anomaly Detection > Metric Config Rules.
    2. On the Metric Configuration Rules pane, click New, and fill out the form.
      Tableau 1. Metric Configuration Rules form
      Field Description
      Name Rule name.
      Order Rule priority within all other rules. Higher numbers represent higher priorities.
      Filter by

      Check box for displaying the Rule field, where you can specify conditions that CIs must meet for the rule to apply. For example, in the choose field list, select Add Related Fields and then add the filter [class][is][Linux Server].

      If clear, the rule applies globally to all CIs in the Metric To CI Mapping [sa_metric_map] table.

    3. Right-click the form title, and click Save.
    4. In the Metric overridden configurations form section click New, fill out the form, and then click Submit.
      Tableau 2. Metric overridden configurations form
      Field Description
      Name Configuration setting for which to override its value.

      Click the Event Management icon icon to display the list of all configuration settings.

      Click the Event Management icon icon to display the Metric Settings dialog with details such as range of possible values.

      See the following tables (Configuration Settings and Internal Configuration Settings) for details about configuration settings.

      Rule Rule to which the created configuration setting applies.
      Value New value that overrides the default value for the specified configuration setting.
      You can modify the following configuration settings in the Name field.
      Remarque :
      The filter specified in the metric configuration rule does not apply to settings with a global scope.
      Tableau 3. Configuration Settings
      Name and Description Values Default Data Type Scope

      anomaly_detection_enabled

      Enable/disable anomaly detection.

      Remarque :
      If anomaly_detection_action_level is set, then anomaly_detection_enabled is ignored.
      N/A true boolean CI/Metric

      anomaly_detection_action_level

      Action level of anomaly analysis and processing.

      For more information, see Configure the action level for anomaly detection.

      choices:
      • Metrics Only
      • Bounds
      • Anomaly Scores
      • Anomaly Alerts
      • IT Alerts
      • New records: Bounds
      • Upgraded records: Anomaly Alerts
      choice CI/Metric

      buffer_anomaly_eviction_size

      Maximum number of anomalies at individual metric level that can be stored in internal buffer before sending them to instance for every CI/Metric pair.

      60–1440 60 integer Global

      buffer_ci_score_eviction_size

      Maximum number of anomalies at CI level that can be stored in internal buffer before sending them to instance (Currently not being used)

      60–1440 60 integer Global

      buffer_metric_eviction_size

      Maximum number of metrics that can be stored in internal buffer before sending them to instance for every CI/Metric pair.

      60–1440 60 integer Global

      connection_login_timeout_secs

      Maximum time in seconds to log in to the local database on MID Server.

      30–60 30 integer Global

      corrupt_data_count_threshold

      Minimum number of training points (15-minute averages) required to do any statistical analysis.

      10–100 30 integer Global

      deprioritize_early_batching_of_anomalous_ci

      Send anomalous CI information immediately or at regular interval.

      N/A false boolean Global
      mad_model_min_days

      Number of days for which data must be available to consider a Median Absolute Deviation based model.

      10-120 10 integer CI/Metric
      max_pool_connections_size

      Maximum number of connections for local database pool.

      10–50 25 integer Global

      observation_time_min

      Expected minimum metric observation interval.

      1–1440 1 integer CI/Metric

      robust_central_percentage

      Percentage of the residual data to compute the residual standard deviation, used for outlier detection. When set to 100 - uses the regular sample standard deviation.

      50–100 90 double Global
      sparse_gap_fraction_threshold

      If more than this percentage of data is missing and no other class has been identified, classify as SPARSE. Do not attempt to fit a WEEKLY model.

      0–100 50 double Global
      weekly_model_min_days

      Number of days for which data must be available in order to consider only a WEEKLY seasonality decomposition.

      14-90 15 integer CI/Metric
      daily_model_min_days

      Number of days for which data must be available in order to consider only a DAILY seasonality decomposition.

      2-90 3 integer CI/Metric
      build_snpm_model

      Enable/disable building an SNPM data model.

      N/A true boolean CI/Metric

      snpm_minimum_data_count

      Minimum number of data points required for building a stationary nonparametric model.

      0 – 1e9 5000 integer

      CI/Metric

      The following configuration settings are for internal usage.

      Tableau 4. Internal Configuration Settings
      Name and Description Values Default Data Type Scope

      anomaly_memory_time_min

      Anomaly score calculator parameter: Memory time for abnormal situation.

      1–600 45 double CI/Metric

      excess_z_score

      Anomaly score calculator parameter: Minimal anomalousness accumulated for outlier.

      0–3 0.8 double CI/Metric

      linear_accumulator_threshold

      Decision Tree Threshold: ACCUMULATOR analysis

      0.5–5 1 double Global

      low_freq_power_threshold

      Decision Tree Threshold: WEEKLY analysis

      0–100 50 double Global

      low_variability_threshold

      Decision Tree Threshold: TRENDY analysis

      0.0000000001–0.001 0.0001 double Global

      mid_freq_power_threshold

      Decision Tree Threshold: WEEKLY analysis

      0–100 33 double Global

      multinomial_count_threshold

      Decision Tree Threshold: MULTINOMIAL analysis

      1–1000 40 integer Global

      non_zero_diff_threshold

      Decision Tree Threshold: NEAR_CONSTANT analysis

      0–100 5 double Global

      normal_memory_time_min

      Anomaly score calculator parameter: Memory time for normal situation.

      1–600 1 double CI/Metric

      normal_probability_ewma_timescale_min

      Anomaly score calculator parameter: Normal assessment time-scale.

      1–600 15 double CI/Metric

      normal_probability_weight

      Anomaly score calculator parameter: Normal assessment adjustment factor.

      0–1 1 double CI/Metric

      sigmoid_offset

      Anomaly score calculator parameter: Anomalousness to score conversion.

      0–5 2.1 double CI/Metric

      sigmoid_weight

      Anomaly score calculator parameter: Anomalousness to score conversion.

      0–5 1.2 double CI/Metric

      tiny_variability_threshold

      Decision Tree Threshold: NEAR_CONSTANT analysis

      0–0.001 0.0000000001 double Global

      weekly_peak_hi_limit

      Decision Tree Threshold: WEEKLY analysis.

      7–14 10 double Global

      weekly_peak_lo_limit

      Decision Tree Threshold: Weekly analysis.

      0.5–7 0.7 double Global

      weekly_vs_daily_log_likelihood_threshold

      By how much log likelihood of weekly needs to be larger than daily, to be the preferred statistical model.

      100–1000 200 double

      CI/Metric

      daily_vs_noisy_log_likelihood_threshold

      By how much log likelihood of daily needs to be larger than noisy, to be the preferred statistical model.

      20–1000 200 double

      CI/Metric

      weekly_vs_noisy_log_likelihood_treshold

      By how much log likelihood of weekly needs to be larger than noisy, to be the preferred statistical model.

      100–1000 200 double

      CI/Metric

      trendy_vs_noisy_log_likelihood_threshold

      By how much log likelihood of trendy needs to be larger than noisy, to be the preferred statistical model.

      10–1000 50 double

      CI/Metric

      seasonal_loess_width_in_hours

      Applied to the seasonal component of a weekly or daily model before making a forecast of future behavior. If set to 0, each data point in the seasonal model becomes independent of the rest of the data points.

      6–24 12 double

      CI/Metric

      robustness

      Affects how outliers contribute to seasonal and trend calculations.

      N/A true boolean

      CI/Metric

      snpm_min_value_threshold

      Minimum value of data required for building an SNPM model.

      -1e9 – 1e9 0 double

      CI/Metric

      snpm_max_observation_interval_in_sec

      Maximum expected observation interval required for building an SNPM model.

      60 – 600000 120 integer

      CI/Metric

      min_std_jump_fraction

      Minimum ratio of locally calculated observation noise level to typical jump size that justifies recalculating a larger observation noise variance.

      0.0 – 1.0 0.2 double

      CI/Metric

      dynamic_threshold_error_smoothing

      Whether to use exponentially weighted moving average to smooth the residuals in the dynamic threshold analysis.

      N/A true boolean

      CI/Metric

      ewma_alpha

      The alpha value of the exponentially weighted moving average in dynamic threshold analysis.

      1e-15 – 1.0 0.02739726027 double

      CI/Metric

      dynamic_threshold_beginning_smoothing_length

      Number of smoothed data points to set to the mean of double the smoothing length.

      0 – 10000 250 integer

      CI/Metric

      dynamic_threshold_error_buffer_minutes

      Number of data points around each outlier to group together.

      1 – 1000 30 integer

      CI/Metric

      dynamic_threshold_search_start

      Start value at which the optimal control factor is looked for.

      0.5 – 20.0

      3.0

      double

      CI/Metric

      dynamic_threshold_search_interval

      Interval between search values of optimal control factor.

      0.1 – 5.0 0.5 double

      CI/Metric

      dynamic_threshold_search_count

      Number of values required for searching for optimal control factor.

      1 – 50 19 integer

      CI/Metric

      dynamic_threshold_error_sequence_limit

      Maximum number of error groups for a particular control factor value when searching.

      1 – 20 5 integer

      CI/Metric

      dynamic_threshold_minimum_data_count

      Minimum number of raw data points needed before attempting dynamic thresholding.

      1 – 10000 5000 integer

      CI/Metric

      linear_seasonal_log_likelihood_threshold

      Threshold used in deciding whether to prefer a fitted model with linear seasonality over a model with a periodic component.

      10-5000 1000 integer

      CI/Metric