Alerting system and method

1. A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors of a machine;

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving an alert specification as a user input through a graphical user interface (GUI), the alert specification comprising:

an identification of the measured value that comprises a combination of a first data value from a first sensor and a second data value from a second sensor,

an initial alert range for the measured value,

a subsequent alert schedule based, at least in part, on the initial alert range having been triggered, the subsequent alert schedule indicating a subsequent alert range for the measured value and a frequency with which a subsequent alert is to be provided;

accessing a data feed that comprises sensor data and corresponding timestamp values from a plurality of time-series data sets, the sensor data comprising real-time measurements of the first data value and the second data value;

computing the measured value in real-time based on the first value and the second value;

determining that the computed measured value falls within the initial alert range;

providing the initial alert in response to the computed measured value falling within the initial alert range; and

providing the subsequent alert according to the subsequent alert schedule.

2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

detecting an overlapping range of timestamp values from the plurality of time-series data sets, the overlapping range of timestamp values comprising at least a matching pair of timestamp values that correspond with the first data value and the second data value;

identifying a most-recent timestamp value from among the plurality of time-series data sets in response to the detecting the overlapping range of timestamp values, the most-recent timestamp value corresponding to a data value that includes either the first data value or the second data value; and

computing the measured value based on the data value that corresponds to the most-recent timestamp value.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts once every threshold time period, the threshold time period being specified in the alert specification.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts when the measured value enters a subsequent value range in real time, the subsequent value range being specified in the alert specification.

5. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

enabling, by the GUI, one or more edits to the alert specification.

6. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

providing, in conjunction with the initial alert or the subsequent alert, one or more graphs of the measured value versus time over a period of time.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the initial alert range is subdivided, based on the alert specification, into a plurality of initial alert sub-ranges, the operations further comprising:

providing, in conjunction with the initial alert, an indication of one of the initial alert sub-ranges in response to the measured value falling within the one of the initial alert sub-ranges.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the measured value comprises a difference between the first value and the second value.

9. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

providing an indication of a total number of initial alerts or a total number of subsequent alerts generated during a specified time period.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving an alert specification as a user input through a graphical user interface (GUI), the alert specification comprising:

an identification of the measured value that comprises a combination of a first data value from a first sensor and a second data value from a second sensor,

an initial alert range for the measured value,

a subsequent alert schedule based, at least in part, on the initial alert range having been triggered, the subsequent alert schedule indicating a subsequent alert range for the measured value and a frequency with which a subsequent alert is to be provided;

accessing a data feed that comprises sensor data and corresponding timestamp values from a plurality of time-series data sets, the sensor data comprising real-time measurements of the first data value and the second data value;

computing the measured value in real-time based on the first value and the second value;

determining that the computed measured value falls within the initial alert range;

providing the initial alert in response to the computed measured value falling within the initial alert range; and

providing the subsequent alert according to the subsequent alert schedule.

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

detecting an overlapping range of timestamp values from the plurality of time-series data sets, the overlapping range of timestamp values comprising at least a matching pair of timestamp values that correspond with the first data value and the second data value;

identifying a most-recent timestamp value from among the plurality of time-series data sets in response to the detecting the overlapping range of timestamp values, the most-recent timestamp value corresponding to a data value that includes either the first data value or the second data value; and

computing the measured value based on the data value that corresponds to the most-recent timestamp value.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts once every threshold time period, the threshold time period being specified in the alert specification.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the subsequent alert schedule comprises an indication to provide alerts when the measured value enters a subsequent value range in real time, the subsequent value range being specified in the alert specification.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

enabling, by the GUI, one or more edits to the alert specification.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

providing, in conjunction with the initial alert or the subsequent alert, one or more graphs of the measured value versus time over a period of time.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the initial alert range is subdivided, based on the alert specification, into a plurality of initial alert sub-ranges, the operations further comprising:

providing, in conjunction with the initial alert, an indication of one of the initial alert sub-ranges in response to the measured value falling within the one of the initial alert sub-ranges.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the measured value comprises a difference between the first value and the second value.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

providing an indication of a total number of initial alerts or a total number of subsequent alerts generated during a specified time period.

19. A method comprising:

receiving an alert specification as a user input through a graphical user interface (GUI), the alert specification comprising:

an identification of the measured value that comprises a combination of a first data value from a first sensor and a second data value from a second sensor,

an initial alert range for the measured value,

a subsequent alert schedule based, at least in part, on the initial alert range having been triggered, the subsequent alert schedule indicating a subsequent alert range for the measured value and a frequency with which a subsequent alert is to be provided;

accessing a data feed that comprises sensor data and corresponding timestamp values from a plurality of time-series data sets, the sensor data comprising real-time measurements of the first data value and the second data value;

computing the measured value in real-time based on the first value and the second value;

determining that the computed measured value falls within the initial alert range;

providing the initial alert in response to the computed measured value falling within the initial alert range; and

providing the subsequent alert according to the subsequent alert schedule.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

detecting an overlapping range of timestamp values from the plurality of time-series data sets, the overlapping range of timestamp values comprising at least a matching pair of timestamp values that correspond with the first data value and the second data value;

identifying a most-recent timestamp value from among the plurality of time-series data sets in response to the detecting the overlapping range of timestamp values, the most-recent timestamp value corresponding to a data value that includes either the first data value or the second data value; and

computing the measured value based on the data value that corresponds to the most-recent timestamp value.