Introduction
In short, Severity Mapping allows the user to assign one of four specific resulting statuses:
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We'll look at some specific use cases to clarify, but first, let's look at our Blocking tools to note what Severity Mapping isn't.
Block URL
This is a way to disregard an HTTP response.
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Note: Block rules can be implemented using Wildcards. such as an asterisk '*' e.g. *block.thisDomain.com/dummyUrl/script.js* The disadvantage of Blocking a URL is that it disregards "all" calls to the designated URL: this isn't the tool to use if you want to monitor some URLs associated with a domain but not others. |
Block File Types / Block MIME Types
These can also be used to block calls by file type or by MIME type. The disadvantage is the same as Blocked URLs: these options don't allow monitoring some URLs of a given File or MIME type but disregarding others.
Alerts based on Severity
You can set alerts based on Severity, which are then sent to 'Targets' (individual users) or 'Groups' (of users) to review alerts according to the parameters you prefer.
Mapping
With Severity Mapping, you can customize how to handle error codes. Specify the URL Pattern, HTTP error status codes, and which severity you want to treat the error status codes as.
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Item | Description | Comment |
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Severity Mapping | Method for converting errors. |
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URL Pattern | The pattern for URLs to match. | A URL Pattern can be mapped as Regex. |
Error Status Codes | The pattern for HTTP Status Codes to match. | |
Treat As Severity | Level of Severity to convert to. | |
Preserve Value | Keep and use the mapped error as a reported value. | The default behavior is not to save the result and report errors as failed checks. |
Error Wildcard | Setting for Severity Wildcard. | Wildcards can be used by themselves or at the beginning or end of a URL Pattern. Unique HTTP error status code can have a wildcard at the end. |
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Note that the mapping only applies to URLs in the Check Result that returns an error status code (e.g., 4xx or 5xx). |
Priority
Severity rules are resolved in this order
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