# Create an alert in Kibata when no documents are received

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-an-alert-in-kibata-when-no-documents-are-received/349787>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 21, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-an-alert-in-kibata-when-no-documents-are-received/349787 "2023-12-21T10:15:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![stobbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@stobbe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stobbe)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-an-alert-in-kibata-when-no-documents-are-received/349787/1 "2023-12-21T10:15:07Z")

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I want to create an Alert when no new documents (of a certain type) are created in an index for a certain amount if time.

What is the best wat to achieve this? And It would be nice to in corporate this in the standard Alerting.

Who can assists me?

KR Henk

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**Author:** ![yago82](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yago82/32/97755_2.png) [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-an-alert-in-kibata-when-no-documents-are-received/349787/2 "2023-12-21T16:36:15Z")

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> [@stobbe](#):
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> I want to create an Alert when no new documents (of a certain type) are created in an index for a certain amount if time.
> 
> What is the best wat to achieve this? And It would be nice to in corporate this in the standard Alerting.
> 
> Who can assists me?
> 
> KR Henk

Hi,

This can be achieved using the alerting feature in Elasticsearch, which allows you to create an alert based on an index threshold. The alert can be configured to trigger when the count of documents of the specified type falls below a certain threshold (e.g., 1) over the specified time period.

Regards

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-an-alert-in-kibata-when-no-documents-are-received/349787/3 "2024-01-18T16:37:14Z")

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