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Set evaluation behavior
Evaluation behavior sets how often Grafana runs your query and how long a problem must last before the alert fires.
In this milestone, you create an evaluation group and set a pending period.
In the Set evaluation behavior section, click New evaluation group to open the dialog.
Give the group a name, such as Alerts group, set the Evaluation interval to 1m, then click Create.
Find the Pending period field. This is how long the condition must stay true before the alert fires. Set it to 1m — brief spikes get filtered out, but a real problem fires quickly.
Your alert now has a folder, a label, and an evaluation schedule. Next, you’ll pick who gets notified when the alert fires.
