# Alert when an event is not followed by another

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-when-an-event-is-not-followed-by-another/314527>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Tags:** detection-rules\
**Created:** [September 15, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-when-an-event-is-not-followed-by-another/314527 "2022-09-15T16:02:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesspi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jamesspi/32/24479_2.png) [@jamesspi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamesspi)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-when-an-event-is-not-followed-by-another/314527/6 "2022-09-23T15:05:23Z")

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Hi, unfortunately there is no easy way to do this today. We're working on being able to provide this functionality though, hopefully in the short term.

James

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