# Ability to alert when no data is being recieved **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ability-to-alert-when-no-data-is-being-recieved/120443 "2018-02-19T12:06:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peter1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@peter1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peter1992)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ability-to-alert-when-no-data-is-being-recieved/120443/1 "2018-02-19T12:06:59Z")
In Watcher is it possible to create an alert that informs us when there is no data being collected regardless is logstash is running or not ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ability-to-alert-when-no-data-is-being-recieved/120443/2 "2018-02-19T12:16:35Z")
Are you looking for something similar to what is described in [this example](https://github.com/elastic/examples/tree/master/Alerting/Sample%20Watches/system_fails_to_provide_data)? ---
**Author:** ![peter1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@peter1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peter1992)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ability-to-alert-when-no-data-is-being-recieved/120443/3 "2018-02-19T12:26:19Z")
That looks like something we would require. Is there any guides to implement this? ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ability-to-alert-when-no-data-is-being-recieved/120443/4 "2018-02-20T08:15:00Z")
I think taking a look at that watch is the best you can do it from a concrete use-case point of view. In order to get a first feel on how to write and debug watches and shorten the feedback loop until you know what the watch is doing, I'd recommend this blogpost [Watching the watches](https://www.elastic.co/blog/watching-the-watches-writing-debugging-and-testing-watches). This should help you a bit to get going. If you get stuck, feel free to ask all the questions! --Alex ---
**Author:** ![peter1992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@peter1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peter1992)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ability-to-alert-when-no-data-is-being-recieved/120443/5 "2018-02-20T11:26:35Z")
Thank you for the information. I will review the blog. We are currently on a free licence. Is there anything available to us that will allow us to be notified when the host/system fails to provide logs without the need to upgrade to a paid version? ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ability-to-alert-when-no-data-is-being-recieved/120443/6 "2018-02-20T13:19:12Z")
Hey, you might want to check out our [Elastic Cloud](https://www.elastic.co/cloud), which includes Alerting & Security and does not require you to get a subscription, if you try to prevent that. --Alex ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ability-to-alert-when-no-data-is-being-recieved/120443/7 "2018-03-20T13:19:27Z")
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