Learn how to configure alert urgencies.
Alert urgency indicates how quickly an alert requires attention. This determination is based on the potential impact and seriousness of the problem causing the alert.
Setting up alert urgency ensures that the most critical issues are prioritized and addressed promptly, reducing downtime and minimizing the impact on operations.
Rootly has defaults for High, Medium, and Low, but you can edit these, delete them, and/or create new alert urgency definitions.
Step 1: Create a new Alert Urgency definition
To create a new alert urgency definition in the web app:
Step 2: Configure Alert Urgency on Heartbeats
Go to On-Call > Heartbeats.
Edit existing Heartbeat or + New Heartbeat.
Set the desired Alert Urgency for the Heartbeat. Learn more about Heartbeats.
Step 3: Configure Alert Urgency on Live Call Routing (required)
Go to On-Call > Live Call Routing.
Edit existing Routing Number or + New Routing Number.
Go to the Routing Rules tab and set the desired Alert Urgency.
Step 4: Configure Alert Urgency on Alert Sources (required)
Go to Alerts > Alert Sources and click the pencil icon beside the desired Alert Source. Then go to the Configure tab.
By default, all Alert Sources will default to High urgency.
Click + Add Condition.
You can set conditions based on a field selected from your alert payload.
Click Save Changes to continue.
Step 5: Configuring Escalation Paths for Alert Urgency
The most common use case is when you want High Urgency alerts to always wake up on-call personnel regardless of working hours, and Low Urgency alerts to never page and wake up on-call personnel outside of working hours.
Step 6: Configure your personal Audible Notifications and Quiet Notifications (required)
We recommend setting up Push Notifications, SMS, Email, or a combination of these. Learn more about Notification Rules.