Welcome to the Maximo Monitor 9.2
Smart Alerts Lab

Overview

Smart Alerts in Maximo Monitor enable intelligent, condition-based alerting that reduces noise and focuses on meaningful patterns. This lab covers two fundamental alert types that help you detect critical conditions and data gaps in your IoT devices.

What are Smart Alerts?

Smart Alerts are advanced monitoring capabilities that:

• Detect Patterns: Identify recurring conditions rather than one-off events
• Reduce False Positives: Filter out intermittent noise through configurable thresholds
• Track Data Gaps: Alert when devices stop sending data
• Prevent Alert Fatigue: Use cooldown periods to avoid duplicate notifications

Alert Types Covered

1. AlertsByOccurrencesCount

Trigger alerts when a condition becomes true N times within a time window T. This frequency-based alert is ideal for:

• Detecting recurring metric threshold breaches
• Identifying intermittent sensor failures
• Monitoring repeated anomalies
• Converting noise into meaningful patterns

Key Features: - Configurable occurrence thresholds (N) - Sliding or tumbling time windows (T) - Rising edge or continuous evaluation modes - Cooldown periods to prevent alert spam

2. NoData Alerts

Trigger alerts when no data arrives for a continuous duration D. This time-gap alert detects:

• Device offline conditions
• Sensor heartbeat failures
• Connectivity outages
• Communication disruptions

Key Features: - Duration-based detection (D) - Cooldown management - Monitoring of specific data item

Lab Exercises

In this lab, you will learn:

1. Configure NoData Alerts - Set up alerts to detect when devices stop sending data
2. Configure AlertsByOccurrencesCount - Create frequency-based alerts for recurring conditions
3. Create Alerts in Manage - Integrate alerts with Maximo Manage

Prerequisites

Before starting this lab, ensure you have:

• Access to Maximo Monitor 9.2
• A device type with active data streams
• Basic understanding of KPI functions
• Familiarity with Maximo Monitor UI

Expected Outcomes

By the end of this lab, you will be able to:

• Understand the difference between occurrence-based and time-gap alerts
• Configure alert parameters (N, T, D, cooldown)
• Choose appropriate occurrence detection modes
• Create actionable alerts in Maximo Manage

Getting Started

Proceed to the Prerequisites section to ensure your environment is ready, then begin with Exercise 1: NoData Alerts.

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Updated: 2026-06-16

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