monitoringelement
Monitoringelement is a modular unit used in IT monitoring systems to define what should be observed, how data should be collected, and what actions should be taken as a result. It encapsulates the target resource, the metric or event to collect, and the rules governing data processing, alerting, and reporting.
A monitoring element typically includes: an identifier or name; the scope (for example, host, service, or application);
Usage: a monitoring element is used to create concrete monitors or probes within a monitoring stack. It
Considerations: performance impact, accuracy of collected data, security and access control, data privacy, and scalability. When
See also: metrics, probes, sensors, alerting, dashboards, monitoring systems.