Monitor Your System › How to Analyze a Metric Spike › (Optional) Adjust the Metric Threshold

(Optional) Adjust the Metric Threshold

Color changes visually alert you of metric spikes that could represent a threat to your system. Adjust the threshold for your metrics to ensure that only valid state change warnings appear in the Metrics panel.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the metric in the Metrics panel, and click Edit Threshold.
2. Change the value in Caution State, Danger State, or both. The threshold can be above or below a fixed value.
3. Click Save Threshold.

   The metric now warns you when reaching the updated threshold criteria.

You used the Metrics panel to monitor events and users, and used the Investigator to analyze the cause of an event. You analyzed a metric spike to verify that nothing compromised your system. You then adjusted the threshold setting to avoid unnecessary warnings in the future.