Configuring Difference Thresholds

Difference thresholds monitor a metric and alerts when the difference of the metric value between windows deviates from a specified absolute value or percentage value for consecutive windows.

The following table lists the parameters for configuring a difference threshold. Configuration options differ depending on the type of validator.

Parameter Name	Parameter Value	Validator Type
Difference Type	Absolute Percentage	All
Operator	Decreasing (<=) Increasing (>=) Strictly decreasing (<) Strictly increasing (>)	All
Unit	Second Minute Hour Day Week Month Year	Freshness Relative Time
Value	Numeric value. For absolute, the value is in the scale of the metric. For percentage, the value is the percentage points.	All
Number of Windows	Number of consecutive windows for which the threshold event must happen before an incident is created.	All