Folders

Folders organize related alert rules and let member rules inherit shared evaluation defaults, the same grouping pattern dashboards use.

On the Alerts list, switch between a flat List view and a grouped Folder view. In Folder view, rules are grouped under their folder; rules without one appear under Ungrouped.

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

Create a folder

You create folders 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, then select the + Create "<name>" option that appears.
4. KloudMate creates the folder and assigns the current rule to it.
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 (for example 60s, 1m, or 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.

Member alerts inherit these defaults unless they set their own value. Leave a folder’s fields blank to make it organizational-only.

Move rules into a folder

Move rules from the rule editor, or in bulk from the list:

• 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 with 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 own Evaluate every, No data state, or Eval error state values. 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 evaluation fields resolve like this:

Rule field	What runs
Blank, inheriting from its folder	The folder’s default
Set, overriding its folder	The rule’s own value
Blank, with no folder	The system default
Set, with no folder	The rule’s own value

Reset to folder default clears an overridden field so it inherits again. A blank field keeps inheriting, so when the folder default later changes, the rule picks up the new value automatically.

Tip

To detach a rule from its folder entirely, set its Folder to the ungrouped option. The rule keeps its stored evaluation values and stops inheriting.

Delete a folder

From the folder’s kebab menu, select Delete folder. Member alerts become ungrouped, keeping their stored evaluation values. KloudMate detaches the members first, then deletes the folder; the rules survive.

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 (for example, alarm_rule_folder_name in [Kubernetes, Networking]).
• The folder name appears automatically as a label on the Alert Group.

Related

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