# Need help on creating a Watcher Alert for Packetbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-on-creating-a-watcher-alert-for-packetbeat/319986>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [November 29, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-on-creating-a-watcher-alert-for-packetbeat/319986 "2022-11-29T03:27:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![AKCG23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@AKCG23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKCG23)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-on-creating-a-watcher-alert-for-packetbeat/319986/1 "2022-11-29T03:27:12Z")

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Hi ,  
i have configured Packetbeats in some of my Application servers. I am able to get data in my dashboards. Currently i am looking at creating some Alerts for the network traffic . Is there a template or an example which i can look at . Which particular field or KPI should i look at for creating an network alert.  
Is it Response time or Latency.. should i look at

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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:** [December 27, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-on-creating-a-watcher-alert-for-packetbeat/319986/2 "2022-12-27T03:27:41Z")

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