Merge pull request #95140 from orspod/grafana-create-alerts

add alerts to grafana topic

Author: PMEds28

articles/data-explorer/connect-odbc.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Connect to Azure Data Explorer with ODBC
 description: In this article, you learn how to set up an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) connection to Azure Data Explorer.
 author: orspod
 ms.author: orspodek
-ms.reviewer: mblythe
+ms.reviewer: gabil
 ms.service: data-explorer
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.date: 06/30/2019

articles/data-explorer/grafana.md

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 ---
 title: Visualize data from Azure Data Explorer using Grafana
-description: In this how-to, you learn how to set up Azure Data Explorer as a data source for Grafana, and then visualize data from a sample cluster.
+description: In this article, you learn to set up Azure Data Explorer as a data source for Grafana, and then visualize data from a sample cluster.
 author: orspod
 ms.author: orspodek
-ms.reviewer: mblythe
+ms.reviewer: gabil
 ms.service: data-explorer
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 6/30/2019
+ms.date: 11/13/2019
 ---
 
 # Visualize data from Azure Data Explorer in Grafana
 
-Grafana is an analytics platform that enables you to query and visualize data, then create and share dashboards based on your visualizations. Grafana provides an Azure Data Explorer *plugin*, which enables you to connect to and visualize data from Azure Data Explorer. In this article, you learn how to set up Azure Data Explorer as a data source for Grafana, and then visualize data from a sample cluster.
+Grafana is an analytics platform that enables you to query and visualize data, then create and share dashboards based on your visualizations. Grafana provides an Azure Data Explorer *plugin*, which enables you to connect to and visualize data from Azure Data Explorer. In this article, you learn to set up Azure Data Explorer as a data source for Grafana, and then visualize data from a sample cluster.
 
-Using the following video, you can learn to use Grafana's Azure Data Explorer plugin, set up Azure Data Explorer as a data source for Grafana, and then visualize data. 
+Use the following video, to learn how to use Grafana's Azure Data Explorer plugin, set up Azure Data Explorer as a data source for Grafana, and then visualize data. 
 
 > [!VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/embed/fSR_qCIFZSA]
 
 Alternatively you can [configure the data source](#configure-the-data-source) and [visualize data](#visualize-data) as detailed in the article below.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-You need the following to complete this how to:
+You need the following to complete this article:
 
 * [Grafana version 5.3.0 or later](https://docs.grafana.org/installation/) for your operating system
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ With the service principal assigned to the *viewers* role, you now specify prope
 
 1. Select **Save & Test**.
 
-    If the test is successful, go to the next section. If you encounter any issues, check the values you specified in Grafana, and review previous steps.
+    If the test is successful, go to the next section. If you come across any issues, check the values you specified in Grafana, and review previous steps.
 
 ## Visualize data
 
@@ -106,8 +106,26 @@ Now you've finished configuring Azure Data Explorer as a data source for Grafana
 
 1. On the top menu, select the save icon: ![Save icon](media/grafana/save-icon.png).
 
+## Create Alerts
+
+1. In Home Dashboard, select **Alerting** > **Notification channels** to create a new notification channel
+
+    ![create notification channel](media/grafana/create-notification-channel.png)
+
+1. Create a new **Notification channel**, then **Save**.
+
+    ![Create new notification channel](media/grafana/new-notification-channel-adx.png)
+
+1. On the **Dashboard**, select **Edit** from the dropdown.
+
+    ![select edit in dashboard](media/grafana/edit-panel-4-alert.png)
+
+1. Select the alert bell icon to open the **Alert** pane. Select **Create Alert**. Complete the following properties in the **Alert** pane.
+
+    ![alert properties](media/grafana/alert-properties.png)
+
+1. Select the **Save dashboard** icon to save your changes.
+
 ## Next steps
 
 * [Write queries for Azure Data Explorer](write-queries.md)
-
-* [Tutorial: Visualize data from Azure Data Explorer in Power BI](visualize-power-bi.md)

articles/data-explorer/media/grafana/alert-notifications.png

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: 'Best practices for using Power BI to query and visualize Azure Data Expl
 description: 'In this article, you learn best practices for using Power BI to query and visualize Azure Data Explorer data.'
 author: orspod
 ms.author: orspodek
-ms.reviewer: mblythe
+ms.reviewer: gabil
 ms.service: data-explorer
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.date: 09/26/2019