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bigpanda.statusFromLevel() function

bigpanda.statusFromLevel() is a user-contributed function maintained by the package author.

bigpanda.statusFromLevel() converts an alert level to a BigPanda status.

BigPanda accepts one of ok, warning, or critical,.

Function type signature
(level: string) => string

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

level

(Required) Alert level.

Supported alert levels
Alert levelBigPanda status
critcritical
warnwarning
infook
okok
All other alert levels return a critical BigPanda status.

Examples

Convert an alert level to a BigPanda status

import "contrib/rhajek/bigpanda"

bigpanda.statusFromLevel(level: "crit")// Returns "critical"

Convert alert levels in a stream of tables to BigPanda statuses

Use map() to iterate over rows in a stream of tables and convert alert levels to Big Panda statuses.

import "contrib/rhajek/bigpanda"

data
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with big_panda_status: bigpanda.statusFromLevel(level: r._level)}))

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