Create an Email-Alert Trigger for DeviceHub Device Data Quality

in this guide, you will set up an alert and a trigger for a litmus edge device that is generating invalid/corrupted data then you will simulate an error output so that an alert is triggered when the alert is triggered, the email addresses specified in the trigger will receive an email with information about the alert video before you begin you will have to enable smtp from the litmus edge manager admin console see email docid\ gcxrxkr3 oc o9zqz7jke to learn more if you haven't yet connected your litmus edge instance to litmus edge manager, see activate an edge device docid\ tdj648wjgatvqzyx79uwb step 1 add device follow the steps to connect a device docid 3eyafppweuvmblcey17sq select the device type simulator and driver name generator step 2 add tag after connecting the device, you can add tags docid 8se7z3pmrfwl1nmzcwalx to the device configure the following for the tag name s random value generator value type string step 3 import topic into default generic mqtt ssl connector you will next import the tag you've created as a topic into the generic mqtt ssl connector that connects litmus edge to litmus edge manager to import the tag into the generic mqtt ssl connector log in to litmus edge navigate to integration click the generic mqtt ssl connector tile click the topics tab click the import from devicehub tags icon the devicehub import dialog box appears select the check box to import the tag from the device you created earlier and click import click the enable all topics icon return to the integration pane and toggle the connect option and confirm the status is connected step 4 set up an email alert trigger in this step you will create an email notification alert next, you will create a trigger that will use the email notification alert see alerts docid\ bwq6obkutnzgijbigqpbe for additional details from litmus edge manager, navigate to alerts and follow the steps below step 4a set up an email alert to set up an email alert from the alerts pane, click the add new action icon the add new action dialog box appears from the add new action dialog box, enter the following details action template select email action name enter an action name enter email enter an email address that will receive the alert notifications limit enter 1 interval select minute click add the newly created action appears in the action list step 4b set up a trigger to set up a trigger from the alerts pane, click the add new trigger icon the new trigger pane appears from the new trigger pane, configure the following sections trigger name enter a name for the trigger active select the checkbox dashboard select the checkbox description enter a description for the trigger scope select edge device and select the appropriate litmus edge instance source select metrics as the source of the trigger click add new rule select alert template select dh device data quality for target value, msgs/minute, enter 1 minute for alert delay, seconds, enter 60 seconds action action list select the action you previously created continuously select the checkbox to send notifications continuously notification period, minutes enter 1 when done, click save the alert trigger appears in the trigger list step 5 simulate invalid/corrupted data from litmus edge, you will simulate the devicehub driver sending invalid/corrupted data to simulate a disconnection log in to litmus edge from the navigation panel, navigate to devicehub > tags the tags pane appears click the action menu for the tag you created and select edit for the value type field, select float64 for the formula field, corrupt the formula field by replacing the s in sin with 1 so that the final formula starts with 1in then, click update tag step 6 verify successful trigger and alert from litmus edge manager, you will verify the simulated error rate to verify the successful trigger and alert log in to litmus edge manager select the appropriate company and project the dashboard pane appears for the project from the navigation panel, select incidents the incidents pane appears the email address that was entered from step 4a set up an email alert will also receive the respective alert email