Help Setting up Alerts - Qlik Community

crichter14 · ‎2024-06-26

Okay we're moving to SaaS and I have a question on how to set up alerts. I have a sales chart that updates every 4 hours (for reasons I won't go into) sometimes the source data hasn't refreshed.

I want to monitor the measure to compare to its prior self to see if the sales value went down or stayed the same.

I'm not sure how that looks in the new Alerts feature. I've tried several iterations, but can't seem to nail it. Is there an example walk through on how these work. It's just one measure.

Please send me to any (all) examples of this new tool in Qlik Cloud. Thank you!

SterreKapteijns · ‎2024-07-11

Hi,

I assume you can still retrieve the prior version after a data reload? I am not sure how the chart looks like and what expressions you use, but if so, you maybe need to create a chart that contains both the old and current value, then you can just create an alert on both measures (with potentially a set-expression).

Can you send a screenshot of the chart and expression?

More information on creating alerts: Data alerts | Qlik Alerting Help (it is quite straightforward).

NS_Qlikupdates · ‎2025-04-01

Encourage you to explore SenseOps. It lets you:

Set up custom alerts, define advanced rules, and notify both Qlik + external users too

Image 1: SenseOps Alerting

Send custom alert messages (include measures, dimensions, variables….in the message) via Email, WhatsApp, and Teams

Image 2: Configure custom alerts

Alert schedulingImage 3: Schedule

Track the live status of alerts (success/failure)

Quick links:

cherry45scott · ‎2025-05-27

@crichter14 McDVOICE wrote:

Okay we're moving to SaaS and I have a question on how to set up alerts. I have a sales chart that updates every 4 hours (for reasons I won't go into) sometimes the source data hasn't refreshed.

I want to monitor the measure to compare to its prior self to see if the sales value went down or stayed the same.

I'm not sure how that looks in the new Alerts feature. I've tried several iterations, but can't seem to nail it. Is there an example walk through on how these work. It's just one measure.

Please send me to any (all) examples of this new tool in Qlik Cloud. Thank you!

To set up an alert in Qlik Cloud that triggers when your sales measure decreases or stays the same (indicating potential data refresh issues), use the "Alerts" feature on your sales visualization. Create a new alert and, under "Conditions," select your sales measure. Set the operator to "Less than" and "Compare with: Last evaluation," then add a second condition with an "OR" operator, setting the measure to "Equal to" and "Compare with: Last evaluation." Schedule the alert to evaluate "When data changes" or on a "Fixed time schedule" aligned with your 4-hour refresh cycle. Refer to Qlik Help documentation and videos for detailed examples, especially those on "Compare with: Last evaluation" and setting conditions.