| Parameter | Description |
| Active | To enable/disable a rule |
| Backup type | A filter on the type backup of the backup |
| Backup status | A filter on the status the backup |
| Elapsed time from last backup | Threshold for the maximum time elapsed since the backup of the same type. |
| Unit | The unit of time used for the elapsed time threshold. |
| Duration time in sec | The maximum duration of the backup in seconds. |
| Backup size in MB | The maximum size of the backup in MB. |
| Severity | The severity of the alert sent if a threshold is breached. |
| Auto clear | If checked, the alarm will be cleared as soon as the alarm condition is not met anymore |
| Alarm tag | This field allows to add custom text within the alarm message. %MSG% variable will containthe actual generated message and can be used such as: “my_prefix %MSG% my_suffix”. By default, tagwill be used as prefix. |
| Alarm | To enable alarm sending |
| Metric | To enable metric sending |
| Report | If checked, this line of surveillance will used for showing threshold and severity in the daily report, in case that is available. |