Create a folder and add labels
You’ll organize your alert into a folder and add labels so the rule is easy to find and filter later. Labels can also feed notification policies when you set those up.
Folders organize alerts by team, service, or purpose, and control who can manage them.
In this milestone, you create a folder, then add a rule-level label.
In the Add folder and labels section, click New folder to open the create dialog.
Enter a folder name (for example, Alerts), then click Create. The folder is saved and selected for your rule.
You’ve created a folder for the rule. Next, add labels.
Click Add labels to open the labels editor. Labels are key-value tags that help you find and filter this alert. A sustained 5% error rate deserves the key severity and the value critical.
Add a label with the key severity and the value critical, then click Save.
Your alert now has a folder and a label. Next, you set how often the rule evaluates and how long the condition must last before the alert fires.