How to create an alert filter based on the text within an alert's description?

[Issy Pearson]

I'm having trouble filtering alerts that use the Slack integration. In this case I would only like alerts containing "This is a test" in their description field to use a Slack integration. Below is the filter I have applied to my Slack integration.

I've also checked and confirmed that alerts contain "This is a test" in the description field by going to  OpsGenie > Settings > Logs.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks :)

[Nick Haller · Accepted solution]

Hi @Issy Pearson ,

Maybe try filtering with regex using one of these values:

.*(This is a test).*

(?i).*(This is a test).*

The second would be case insensitive.

 

I typically use regex101 to validate if an expression will work.

[Issy Pearson]

@Nick Haller Yep that works thank you! I shall definitely have to brush up on my regex.

Cheers,

Issy

[Daiying Lin]

hi there i am also trying to create an alert filter for the integration between Jira & Slack. 

I have read this article many time -> https://support.atlassian.com/jira-service-management-cloud/docs/work-with-alert-filters/

but somehow I wondering 

1. if i set an alert like this one as blow - people might receive a lot of alert notification, however it is still logical, no?

2. couldnt understand why the following sentence dont work 

- only aleart that with all the condition

-- priority equals P3 (same like in the article)

-- description contains alert 

Do i make any mistake or do i unterstand it totally wrong?

Many thanks for anz recommandation and advice!

[Brennan Kiely]

Hi @Daiying Lin - I would recommend reaching out via support ticket for this so we can get a better look at your setup.

[Daiying Lin]

@Brennan Kiely many thanks for the reply!