More on Min and Max trigger thresholds

[mgoodman]

So, I'm a little confused still by Min and Max thresholds, especially as the #x AFTER the trigger isn't documented anywhere, that I see.

For example:
item = ping check
check interval = 60s

I want a trigger that says:
If the check has failed 3 out of the past 5 checks, trigger.

Would I write that as:
{Template_Name:icmpping.max(#5)}#3
or
{Template_Name:icmpping.max(#5)}=3
or
what?

I'm just confused as to what the numbers after the # represent OUTSIDE of the max function.

Same goes for min.

Thanks,
Michael

[mgoodman]

By the way, it seems that:
{Template_Name:icmpping.max(#5)}#1
means that if the check has failed 5 times in a row, trigger.

So I'm still confused as to what the second # does in this scenario.

[mgoodman]

Also, some checks I have (e.g. web tests) have various thresholds of failure within them.

E.g. a web check that doesn't load the webpage (step 1) will fail with a code of 1; if it isn't able to login it will fail with a code of 2; if it isn't able to read data after login it fails with a code of 3; and so on.

Normally, I had been using a check such as:
{URL:web.test.fail[scenario].last(0)}>0

How would that translate into the same scenario above?

[mgoodman]

Mod please remove the last post.

[Tractorboy]

This may be even more confusing

I think you need to use avg(#5)>

if ping response of failure = 2? then 3 failures = 6 /5 attempts

Does that help?

.avg(#5)>=6/5

If there is a sum option then go for .sum(#5)>=6 (It may be .count(#5)>=6)