Folders

Folders organize related alert rules and let member rules inherit shared evaluation defaults. They follow the dashboards-style grouping pattern applied to alerts: opt into a folder view, see your rules collapsed under their owning folder, and let one set of defaults propagate to whichever rules need them.

On the Alerts list, the layout toggle in the toolbar switches between a flat List view and a grouped Folder view. In folder view, each folder renders as a collapsible header row with its member rules underneath; rules without a folder land in a pinned Ungrouped section.

There’s no separate Folders page or sidebar entry — everything happens from the Alerts list.

Create a folder

Folders are created inline from the alert rule editor’s Folder picker — there’s no separate “New folder” button.

1. Open an alert rule (create a new one or edit an existing one).
2. In the Configure evaluation settings section, click the Folder dropdown.
3. Type a new folder name. A + Create "<name>" option appears at the bottom of the dropdown — click it.
4. KloudMate creates the folder and assigns the current rule to it. A toast confirms the creation.
5. To set folder-level defaults (interval, no-data state, eval-error state), switch to Folder view on the Alerts list, open the folder’s kebab menu, and select Edit folder.

Edit folder defaults

In Folder view, each folder header row has a kebab menu with Edit folder and Delete folder.

Edit folder opens a dialog with the folder’s settings:

Field	What it controls
Name	Required, unique within the workspace.
Description	Optional.
Evaluate every	Default evaluation interval (e.g. 60s, 1m, 2h). Members inherit when blank.
No data state	Default state when queries return no data. Options: Normal, Alerting, NoData.
Eval error state	Default state when evaluation errors out. Options: Normal, Alerting, Error.

A note above these reads: “Member alerts inherit these defaults unless they set their own value. Leave blank for organizational-only folders.”

Move rules into a folder

Two ways:

• From the rule editor — open the rule and pick the folder from the Folder dropdown in the Configure evaluation settings section.
• Bulk-move from the list — select rules using the checkboxes (a toolbar appears with the selection count). Click Move to folder…, select a destination from the radio list (existing folders or Ungrouped), and confirm.

Moving a rule does not rewrite its interval_seconds, no_data_state, or eval_error_state columns. Whatever the rule had before the move stays. The folder defaults only apply where the rule’s field is blank.

Inheritance and overrides

A rule’s eval-config fields follow a clear three-state model:

Rule field value	What the editor shows	What runs
Blank (inheriting)	Folder default as placeholder + Inheriting from folder <name> helper line	The folder default
Filled (overriding)	The rule’s stored value + Overrides folder <name> default helper line + Reset to folder default link	The rule’s value
No folder selected	Plain input, no helper text	The rule’s value (or system default if blank)

Clicking Reset to folder default clears the field and flips the helper text back to inheriting. Saving with the field blank persists NULL for that column — so when the folder default later changes, the rule picks up the new value automatically.

Tip

To detach a rule from its folder entirely, change the Folder dropdown to the ungrouped option. The eval-config columns keep their stored values; the rule stops inheriting.

Delete a folder

From the folder kebab menu, pick Delete folder. The confirmation explains: e.g. “Member alerts will become ungrouped — their stored eval-config values stay intact.” KloudMate detaches the members first and then deletes the folder row. Rules survive the deletion.

Folder labels in alert groups

A rule’s folder identity flows into the alert’s labels as alarm_rule_folder_id and alarm_rule_folder_name. That means:

• Routing Rules can match on folder identity (e.g. alarm_rule_folder_name in [Kubernetes, Networking]).
• The folder name shows as a label chip on the Alert Group detail header automatically.

Related

• Creating Alerts — picking a folder during rule creation.
• Routing Rules — matching on folder labels.