Observability Alerts

OpenMetadata provides a native way to get alerted in case of test case failure allowing you to proactively resolve data incidents

Setting Up Alerts

To set up an alert on a test case or test suite, navigate to the observability menu and select Alerts and click on Add Alert.

Alerts Menu

Setp 1 - Select a Source

The first will be to select a source. For data quality you have 2 relevant options:

• Test Case: it will trigger an alert for the specific test case selected
• Test Suite: it will trigger an alert for any test case event linked to the test suite. This is a great way to group alerts and reducing notification fatigue

Alerts Menu

Step 2 - Select a Filtering Conditon (optional)

Note: if you do not set any filter the alert will apply to all test cases or test suite.

You can filter alerts based on specific condition to narrow down which test suite/test case should trigger an alert. This is interesting for user to dispatch alerts to different channels/users.

Alerts Menu

Step 3 - Select a Triggering Conditon

Trigger section will allow you set the condition for which an alert should be triggered

Alerts Menu

Step 4 - Select a Destination

In the destination section you will be able to select between internal and external destination:

• internal: allow you to select the destination as an internal user, team or admin. The subscription set to this user, team or admin will be use to dispatch the alert
• external: allow you to select an external destination such as a slack or teams channel

Alerts Menu