Noncommon alert schema definitions
The noncommon alert schema were historically used to customize alert email templates and webhook schemas for metric, log search, and activity log alert rules. We recommend using the common schema for all alert types and integrations.
This article describes the noncommon alert schema definitions for Azure Monitor, including definitions for:
- Webhooks
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure Functions
- Azure Automation runbooks
Metric alerts
See sample values for metric alerts.
Metric alerts: Static threshold
Sample values
{
"schemaId": "AzureMonitorMetricAlert",
"data": {
"version": "2.0",
"properties": {
"customKey1": "value1",
"customKey2": "value2"
},
"status": "Activated",
"context": {
"timestamp": "2021-11-15T09:35:12.9703687Z",
"id": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/microsoft.insights/metricAlerts/test-metricAlertRule",
"name": "test-metricAlertRule",
"description": "Alert rule description",
"conditionType": "SingleResourceMultipleMetricCriteria",
"severity": "3",
"condition": {
"windowSize": "PT5M",
"allOf": [
{
"metricName": "Transactions",
"metricNamespace": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": "0",
"timeAggregation": "Total",
"dimensions": [
{
"name": "ApiName",
"value": "GetBlob"
}
],
"metricValue": 100,
"webTestName": null
}
]
},
"subscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
"resourceGroupName": "test-RG",
"resourceName": "test-storageAccount",
"resourceType": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
"resourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/test-storageAccount",
"portalLink": "https://portal.azure.com/#resource/subscriptions/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/test-storageAccount"
}
}
}
Metric alerts: Dynamic threshold
Sample values
{
"schemaId": "AzureMonitorMetricAlert",
"data": {
"version": "2.0",
"properties": {
"customKey1": "value1",
"customKey2": "value2"
},
"status": "Activated",
"context": {
"timestamp": "2021-11-15T09:35:24.3468506Z",
"id": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourcegroups/test-RG/providers/microsoft.insights/metricalerts/test-metricAlertRule",
"name": "test-metricAlertRule",
"description": "Alert rule description",
"conditionType": "DynamicThresholdCriteria",
"severity": "3",
"condition": {
"windowSize": "PT15M",
"allOf": [
{
"alertSensitivity": "Low",
"failingPeriods": {
"numberOfEvaluationPeriods": 3,
"minFailingPeriodsToAlert": 3
},
"ignoreDataBefore": null,
"metricName": "Transactions",
"metricNamespace": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": "0.3",
"timeAggregation": "Average",
"dimensions": [],
"metricValue": 78.09,
"webTestName": null
}
]
},
"subscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
"resourceGroupName": "test-RG",
"resourceName": "test-storageAccount",
"resourceType": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
"resourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/test-storageAccount",
"portalLink": "https://portal.azure.com/#resource/subscriptions/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/test-storageAccount"
}
}
}
Log search alerts
See sample values for log search alerts.
monitoringService = Log Alerts V1 – Metric
Sample values
{
"SubscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
"AlertRuleName": "test-logAlertRule-v1-metricMeasurement",
"SearchQuery": "Heartbeat | summarize AggregatedValue=count() by bin(TimeGenerated, 5m)",
"SearchIntervalStartTimeUtc": "2021-11-15T15:16:49Z",
"SearchIntervalEndtimeUtc": "2021-11-16T15:16:49Z",
"AlertThresholdOperator": "Greater Than",
"AlertThresholdValue": 0,
"ResultCount": 2,
"SearchIntervalInSeconds": 86400,
"LinkToSearchResults": "https://portal.azure.com#@aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa/blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring_Logs/LogsBlade/source/Alerts.EmailLinks/scope/%7B%22resources%22%3A%5B%7B%22resourceId%22%3A%22%2Fsubscriptions%2F11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111%2FresourceGroups%2Ftest-RG%2Fproviders%2FMicrosoft.OperationalInsights%2Fworkspaces%2Ftest-logAnalyticsWorkspace%22%7D%5D%7D/q/aBcDeFgHi%2BWqaBcDeFgHiMqsSlVwTE8vSk1PLElNCUvMKU2aBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHi/prettify/1/timespan/2021-11-15T15%3a16%3a49.0000000Z%2f2021-11-16T15%3a16%3a49.0000000Z",
"LinkToFilteredSearchResultsUI": "https://portal.azure.com#@aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa/blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring_Logs/LogsBlade/source/Alerts.EmailLinks/scope/%7B%22resources%22%3A%5B%7B%22resourceId%22%3A%22%2Fsubscriptions%2F11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111%2FresourceGroups%2Ftest-RG%2Fproviders%2FMicrosoft.OperationalInsights%2Fworkspaces%2Ftest-logAnalyticsWorkspace%22%7D%5D%7D/q/aBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiTP1DtWhcTfIApUfTx0dp%2BOPOhDKsHR%2FFeJXsaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiaBcDeFgHiRI9mhc%3D/prettify/1/timespan/2021-11-15T15%3a16%3a49.0000000Z%2f2021-11-16T15%3a16%3a49.0000000Z",
"LinkToSearchResultsAPI": "https://api.loganalytics.io/v1/workspaces/bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb/query?query=Heartbeat%20%0A%7C%20summarize%20AggregatedValue%3Dcount%28%29%20by%20bin%28TimeGenerated%2C%205m%29×pan=2021-11-15T15%3a16%3a49.0000000Z%2f2021-11-16T15%3a16%3a49.0000000Z",
"LinkToFilteredSearchResultsAPI": "https://api.loganalytics.io/v1/workspaces/bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb/query?query=Heartbeat%20%0A%7C%20summarize%20AggregatedValue%3Dcount%28%29%20by%20bin%28TimeGenerated%2C%205m%29%7C%20where%20todouble%28AggregatedValue%29%20%3E%200×pan=2021-11-15T15%3a16%3a49.0000000Z%2f2021-11-16T15%3a16%3a49.0000000Z",
"Description": "Alert rule description",
"Severity": "3",
"SearchResult": {
"tables": [
{
"name": "PrimaryResult",
"columns": [
{
"name": "TimeGenerated",
"type": "datetime"
},
{
"name": "AggregatedValue",
"type": "long"
}
],
"rows": [
[
"2021-11-16T10:56:49Z",
11
],
[
"2021-11-16T11:56:49Z",
11
]
]
}
],
"dataSources": [
{
"resourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourcegroups/test-RG/providers/microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces/test-logAnalyticsWorkspace",
"region": "eastus",
"tables": [
"Heartbeat"
]
}
]
},
"WorkspaceId": "bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb",
"ResourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/test-logAnalyticsWorkspace",
"AlertType": "Metric measurement",
"Dimensions": []
}
monitoringService = Log Alerts V1 - Numresults
Sample values
{
"SubscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
"AlertRuleName": "test-logAlertRule-v1-numResults",
"SearchQuery": "Heartbeat",
"SearchIntervalStartTimeUtc": "2021-11-15T15:15:24Z",
"SearchIntervalEndtimeUtc": "2021-11-16T15:15:24Z",
"AlertThresholdOperator": "Greater Than",
"AlertThresholdValue": 0,
"ResultCount": 1,
"SearchIntervalInSeconds": 86400,
"LinkToSearchResults": "https://portal.azure.com#@aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa/blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring_Logs/LogsBlade/source/Alerts.EmailLinks/scope/%7B%22resources%22%3A%5B%7B%22resourceId%22%3A%22%2Fsubscriptions%2F11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111%2FresourceGroups%2Ftest-RG%2Fproviders%2FMicrosoft.OperationalInsights%2Fworkspaces%2Ftest-logAnalyticsWorkspace%22%7D%5D%7D/q/aBcDeFgHi%2ABCDE%3D%3D/prettify/1/timespan/2021-11-15T15%3a15%3a24.0000000Z%2f2021-11-16T15%3a15%3a24.0000000Z",
"LinkToFilteredSearchResultsUI": "https://portal.azure.com#@aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa/blade/Microsoft_Azure_Monitoring_Logs/LogsBlade/source/Alerts.EmailLinks/scope/%7B%22resources%22%3A%5B%7B%22resourceId%22%3A%22%2Fsubscriptions%2F11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111%2FresourceGroups%2Ftest-RG%2Fproviders%2FMicrosoft.OperationalInsights%2Fworkspaces%2Ftest-logAnalyticsWorkspace%22%7D%5D%7D/q/aBcDeFgHi%2ABCDE%3D%3D/prettify/1/timespan/2021-11-15T15%3a15%3a24.0000000Z%2f2021-11-16T15%3a15%3a24.0000000Z",
"LinkToSearchResultsAPI": "https://api.loganalytics.io/v1/workspaces/bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb/query?query=Heartbeat%0A×pan=2021-11-15T15%3a15%3a24.0000000Z%2f2021-11-16T15%3a15%3a24.0000000Z",
"LinkToFilteredSearchResultsAPI": "https://api.loganalytics.io/v1/workspaces/bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb/query?query=Heartbeat%0A×pan=2021-11-15T15%3a15%3a24.0000000Z%2f2021-11-16T15%3a15%3a24.0000000Z",
"Description": "Alert rule description",
"Severity": "3",
"SearchResult": {
"tables": [
{
"name": "PrimaryResult",
"columns": [
{
"name": "TenantId",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "Computer",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "TimeGenerated",
"type": "datetime"
}
],
"rows": [
[
"bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb",
"test-computer",
"2021-11-16T12:00:00Z"
]
]
}
],
"dataSources": [
{
"resourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourcegroups/test-RG/providers/microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces/test-logAnalyticsWorkspace",
"region": "eastus",
"tables": [
"Heartbeat"
]
}
]
},
"WorkspaceId": "bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb",
"ResourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/test-logAnalyticsWorkspace",
"AlertType": "Number of results"
}
Activity log alerts
See sample values for four activity log alerts.
monitoringService = Activity Log - Administrative
Sample values
{
"schemaId": "Microsoft.Insights/activityLogs",
"data": {
"status": "Activated",
"context": {
"activityLog": {
"authorization": {
"action": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/restart/action",
"scope": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/test-VM"
},
"channels": "Operation",
"claims": "{}",
"caller": "user-email@domain.com",
"correlationId": "aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa",
"description": "",
"eventSource": "Administrative",
"eventTimestamp": "2021-11-16T08:27:36.1836909+00:00",
"eventDataId": "bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb",
"level": "Informational",
"operationName": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/restart/action",
"operationId": "cccccccc-cccc-cccc-cccc-cccccccccccc",
"properties": {
"eventCategory": "Administrative",
"entity": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/test-VM",
"message": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/restart/action",
"hierarchy": "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222/CnAIOrchestrationServicePublicCorpprod/33333333-3333-3333-3333-3333333303333/44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444/55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e"
},
"resourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/test-VM",
"resourceGroupName": "test-RG",
"resourceProviderName": "Microsoft.Compute",
"status": "Succeeded",
"subStatus": "",
"subscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
"submissionTimestamp": "2021-11-16T08:29:00.141807+00:00",
"resourceType": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines"
}
},
"properties": {
"customKey1": "value1",
"customKey2": "value2"
}
}
}
monitoringService = Service Health
Sample values
{
"schemaId": "Microsoft.Insights/activityLogs",
"data": {
"status": "Activated",
"context": {
"activityLog": {
"channels": "Admin",
"correlationId": "aaaa0000-bb11-2222-33cc-444444dddddd",
"description": "This alert rule will trigger when there are updates to a service issue impacting subscription <name>.",
"eventSource": "ServiceHealth",
"eventTimestamp": "2021-11-17T05:34:44.5778226+00:00",
"eventDataId": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890ab",
"level": "Warning",
"operationName": "Microsoft.ServiceHealth/incident/action",
"operationId": "12345678-abcd-efgh-ijkl-abcd12345678",
"properties": {
"title": "Test Action Group - Test Service Health Alert",
"service": "Azure Service Name",
"region": "Global",
"communication": "<p><strong>Summary of impact</strong>: This is the impact summary.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><strong>Preliminary Root Cause</strong>: This is the preliminary root cause.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation</strong>: Mitigation description.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><strong>Next steps</strong>: These are the next steps. </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Stay informed about Azure service issues by creating custom service health alerts: <a href=\"https://aka.ms/ash-videos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://aka.ms/ash-videos</a> for video tutorials and <a href=\"https://aka.ms/ash-alerts%20for%20how-to%20documentation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://aka.ms/ash-alerts for how-to documentation</a>.</p>\n<p><br></p>",
"incidentType": "Incident",
"trackingId": "ABC1-DEF",
"impactStartTime": "2021-11-16T20:00:00.0000000Z",
"impactMitigationTime": "2021-11-17T01:00:00.0000000Z",
"impactedServices": "[{\"ImpactedRegions\":[{\"RegionName\":\"Global\"}],\"ServiceName\":\"Azure Service Name\"}]",
"impactedServicesTableRows": "<tr>\r\n<td align='center' style='padding: 5px 10px; border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:1px solid black'>Azure Service Name</td>\r\n<td align='center' style='padding: 5px 10px; border-bottom:1px solid black'>Global<br></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n",
"defaultLanguageTitle": "Test Action Group - Test Service Health Alert",
"defaultLanguageContent": "<p><strong>Summary of impact</strong>: This is the impact summary.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><strong>Preliminary Root Cause</strong>: This is the preliminary root cause.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation</strong>: Mitigation description.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><strong>Next steps</strong>: These are the next steps. </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Stay informed about Azure service issues by creating custom service health alerts: <a href=\"https://aka.ms/ash-videos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://aka.ms/ash-videos</a> for video tutorials and <a href=\"https://aka.ms/ash-alerts%20for%20how-to%20documentation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://aka.ms/ash-alerts for how-to documentation</a>.</p>\n<p><br></p>",
"stage": "Resolved",
"communicationId": "11223344556677",
"isHIR": "false",
"isSynthetic": "True",
"impactType": "SubscriptionList",
"version": "0.1.1"
},
"status": "Resolved",
"subscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
"submissionTimestamp": "2021-11-17T01:23:45.0623172+00:00"
}
},
"properties": {
"customKey1": "value1",
"customKey2": "value2"
}
}
}
monitoringService = Resource Health
Sample values
{
"schemaId": "Microsoft.Insights/activityLogs",
"data": {
"status": "Activated",
"context": {
"activityLog": {
"channels": "Admin, Operation",
"correlationId": "aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa",
"eventSource": "ResourceHealth",
"eventTimestamp": "2021-11-16T09:50:20.406+00:00",
"eventDataId": "bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb",
"level": "Informational",
"operationName": "Microsoft.Resourcehealth/healthevent/Activated/action",
"operationId": "bbbbbbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbb-bbbbbbbbbbbb",
"properties": {
"title": "Rebooted by user",
"details": null,
"currentHealthStatus": "Unavailable",
"previousHealthStatus": "Available",
"type": "Downtime",
"cause": "UserInitiated"
},
"resourceId": "/subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e/resourceGroups/test-RG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/test-VM",
"resourceGroupName": "test-RG",
"resourceProviderName": "Microsoft.Resourcehealth/healthevent/action",
"status": "Active",
"subscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
"submissionTimestamp": "2021-11-16T09:54:08.5303319+00:00",
"resourceType": "MICROSOFT.COMPUTE/VIRTUALMACHINES"
}
},
"properties": {
"customKey1": "value1",
"customKey2": "value2"
}
}
}
monitoringService = Actual Cost Budget or Forecasted Budget
Sample values
{
"schemaId": "AIP Budget Notification",
"data": {
"SubscriptionName": "test-subscription",
"SubscriptionId": "aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e",
"EnrollmentNumber": "",
"DepartmentName": "test-budgetDepartmentName",
"AccountName": "test-budgetAccountName",
"BillingAccountId": "",
"BillingProfileId": "",
"InvoiceSectionId": "",
"ResourceGroup": "test-RG",
"SpendingAmount": "1111.32",
"BudgetStartDate": "2023-01-20T23:49:40.216Z",
"Budget": "10000",
"Unit": "USD",
"BudgetCreator": "email@domain.com",
"BudgetName": "test-budgetName",
"BudgetType": "Cost",
"NotificationThresholdAmount": "8000.0"
}
}