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Cloud Monitor:DescribeActiveMetricRuleList

Last Updated:Jan 23, 2026

Queries the details of initiative alert rules.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

cms:DescribeActiveMetricRuleList

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

Product

string

Yes

The abbreviation of the cloud service that supports initiative alert rules.

For more information about how to obtain the name of a cloud service, see DescribeProductsOfActiveMetricRule.

ecs

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

None.

Code

string

The HTTP status code.

Note

The status code 200 indicates that the request was successful.

200

Message

string

The returned message.

The Request is not authorization.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

F82E6667-7811-4BA0-842F-5B2DC42BBAAD

Success

boolean

Indicates whether the request was successful. Valid values:

  • true

  • false

true

Datapoints

object

Alarm

array<object>

The details of the alert rules.

object

SilenceTime

string

The mute period during which new alerts are not sent even if the trigger conditions are met.

Unit: seconds.

86400

MetricName

string

The metric name.

cpu_total

EvaluationCount

string

The consecutive number of times for which the metric value meets the alert condition before an alert is triggered.

3

Webhook

string

The callback URL.

https://www.aliyun.com

State

string

Indicates whether the alert rule is enabled.

Enable

ContactGroups

string

The alert contact group.

ECS_Group

Namespace

string

The namespace of the cloud service.

acs_ecs_dashboard

RuleName

string

The name of the alert rule.

SystemDefault_acs_rds_dashboard_CpuUsage

RuleId

string

The ID of the alert rule.

a151cd6023eacee2f0978e03863cc1697c89508****

Period

string

The aggregation period of monitoring data.

Unit: seconds.

60

ComparisonOperator

string

The comparison operator that is used in the alert rule. Valid values:

  • >

  • <

  • >=

  • <=

  • =

  • =

>

EndTime

string

The end of the time period during which the alert rule is effective.

Unit: hours. For example, the value 23 indicates 23:59:59.

24

StartTime

string

The beginning of the time period during which the alert rule is effective.

Unit: hours. For example, the value 00 indicates 00:00:00.

00

Threshold

string

The alert threshold.

90

Statistics

string

The statistical method.

Average

Enable

string

Indicates whether the alert rule is enabled. Valid values:

  • true: The alert rule is enabled.

  • false: The alert rule is disabled.

true

AlertList

object

Alert

array<object>

The details of the alert rules. The result is in the same structure as that returned by the DescribeMetricRuleList operation.

array<object>

SilenceTime

string

The mute period during which new alerts are not sent even if the trigger conditions are met.

Unit: seconds.

86400

MetricName

string

The name of the metric.

cpu_total

Webhook

string

The callback URL.

http://www.aliyun.com

ContactGroups

string

The alert contact group.

ECS_Group

Namespace

string

The namespace of the Alibaba Cloud service.

acs_ecs_dashboard

EffectiveInterval

string

The time period during which the alert rule is effective.

00:00-23:59

NoEffectiveInterval

string

The time period during which the alert rule is ineffective.

00:00-06:00

MailSubject

string

The subject of the alert notification email.

ECS_Bucket

RuleName

string

The name of the alert rule.

myAlert

RuleId

string

The ID of the alert rule.

ruleIdxxxx

Period

string

The aggregation period of monitoring data.

Unit: seconds.

60

AlertState

string

The status of the alert rule. Valid values:

  • OK: The alert rule has no active alerts.

  • ALARM: The alert rule has active alerts.

  • INSUFFICIENT_DATA: No data is found.

OK

Dimensions

string

The monitoring data of the specified resource.

""

EnableState

boolean

Indicates whether the alert rule is enabled. Valid values:

  • true: The alert rule is enabled.

  • false: The alert rule is disabled.

true

Resources

string

The resources that are associated with the alert rule.

[{"resource":"_ALL"}]

Escalations

object

The conditions for triggering different levels of alerts.

Info

object

The conditions for triggering Info-level alerts.

ComparisonOperator

string

The operator that is used to compare the metric value with the threshold for Info-level alerts. Valid values:

  • GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold: greater than or equal to the threshold

  • GreaterThanThreshold: greater than the threshold

  • LessThanOrEqualToThreshold: less than or equal to the threshold

  • LessThanThreshold: less than the threshold

  • NotEqualToThreshold: not equal to the threshold

  • GreaterThanYesterday: greater than the metric value at the same time yesterday

  • LessThanYesterday: less than the metric value at the same time yesterday

  • GreaterThanLastWeek: greater than the metric value at the same time last week

  • LessThanLastWeek: less than the metric value at the same time last week

  • GreaterThanLastPeriod: greater than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle

  • LessThanLastPeriod: less than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle

GreaterThanThreshold

Times

string

The consecutive number of times

for which the metric value meets the alert condition before an Info-level alert is triggered.

3

Threshold

string

The threshold for Info-level alerts.

95

Statistics

string

The statistical methods for Info-level alerts.

Average

Warn

object

The conditions for triggering Warn-level alerts.

ComparisonOperator

string

The operator that is used to compare the metric value with the threshold for Warn-level alerts. Valid values:

  • GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold: greater than or equal to the threshold

  • GreaterThanThreshold: greater than the threshold

  • LessThanOrEqualToThreshold: less than or equal to the threshold

  • LessThanThreshold: less than the threshold

  • NotEqualToThreshold: not equal to the threshold

  • GreaterThanYesterday: greater than the metric value at the same time yesterday

  • LessThanYesterday: less than the metric value at the same time yesterday

  • GreaterThanLastWeek: greater than the metric value at the same time last week

  • LessThanLastWeek: less than the metric value at the same time last week

  • GreaterThanLastPeriod: greater than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle

  • LessThanLastPeriod: less than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle

GreaterThanThreshold

Times

string

The consecutive number of times

for which the metric value meets the alert condition before a Warn-level alert is triggered.

3

Threshold

string

The threshold for Warn-level alerts.

80

Statistics

string

The statistical methods for Warn-level alerts.

Average

Critical

object

The trigger condition for Critical-level alerts.

ComparisonOperator

string

The operator that is used to compare the metric value with the threshold for Critical-level alerts. Valid values:

  • GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold: greater than or equal to the threshold

  • GreaterThanThreshold: greater than the threshold

  • LessThanOrEqualToThreshold: less than or equal to the threshold

  • LessThanThreshold: less than the threshold

  • NotEqualToThreshold: not equal to the threshold

  • GreaterThanYesterday: greater than the metric value at the same time yesterday

  • LessThanYesterday: less than the metric value at the same time yesterday

  • GreaterThanLastWeek: greater than the metric value at the same time last week

  • LessThanLastWeek: less than the metric value at the same time last week

  • GreaterThanLastPeriod: greater than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle

  • LessThanLastPeriod: less than the metric value in the last monitoring cycle

GreaterThanThreshold

Times

string

The consecutive number of times for which the metric value meets the alert condition before a Critical-level alert is triggered.

3

Threshold

string

The threshold for Critical-level alerts.

99

Statistics

string

The statistical methods for Critical-level alerts.

Average

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "Code": "200",
  "Message": "The Request is not authorization.",
  "RequestId": "F82E6667-7811-4BA0-842F-5B2DC42BBAAD",
  "Success": true,
  "Datapoints": {
    "Alarm": [
      {
        "SilenceTime": "86400",
        "MetricName": "cpu_total",
        "EvaluationCount": "3",
        "Webhook": "https://www.aliyun.com",
        "State": "Enable",
        "ContactGroups": "ECS_Group",
        "Namespace": "acs_ecs_dashboard",
        "RuleName": "SystemDefault_acs_rds_dashboard_CpuUsage",
        "RuleId": "a151cd6023eacee2f0978e03863cc1697c89508****",
        "Period": "60",
        "ComparisonOperator": ">",
        "EndTime": "24",
        "StartTime": "00",
        "Threshold": "90",
        "Statistics": "Average",
        "Enable": "true"
      }
    ]
  },
  "AlertList": {
    "Alert": [
      {
        "SilenceTime": "86400",
        "MetricName": "cpu_total",
        "Webhook": "http://www.aliyun.com",
        "ContactGroups": "ECS_Group",
        "Namespace": "acs_ecs_dashboard",
        "EffectiveInterval": "00:00-23:59",
        "NoEffectiveInterval": "00:00-06:00",
        "MailSubject": "ECS_Bucket",
        "RuleName": "myAlert",
        "RuleId": "ruleIdxxxx",
        "Period": "60",
        "AlertState": "OK",
        "Dimensions": "\"\"",
        "EnableState": true,
        "Resources": "[{\"resource\":\"_ALL\"}]",
        "Escalations": {
          "Info": {
            "ComparisonOperator": "GreaterThanThreshold",
            "Times": "3",
            "Threshold": "95",
            "Statistics": "Average"
          },
          "Warn": {
            "ComparisonOperator": "GreaterThanThreshold",
            "Times": "3",
            "Threshold": "80",
            "Statistics": "Average"
          },
          "Critical": {
            "ComparisonOperator": "GreaterThanThreshold",
            "Times": "3",
            "Threshold": "99",
            "Statistics": "Average"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 ParameterInvalid %s
401 AccessDeniedException You donot have sufficient access to perform this action.
402 LimitExceeded The quota for this customer had been reached.
403 AccessForbidden The X.509 certificate or cms access key ID provided does not exist in our records.
404 ResourceNotFound The specified resource is not found. The specified resource is not found.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.