Overview of Anomaly Detections calculations
Anomaly Detections are calculated by gathering a statistically significant number of values for the monitored event or dimension over time and then calculating the standard deviation for the sampled values.
Anomaly Detections can be calculated on a daily or an hourly basis. Tracking hourly Anomaly Detections requires more storage capacity.
Note: Tracking of hourly Anomaly Detections is a feature of HCL Discover.
The calculated value of the standard deviation for today is based on the values that are calculated from the configured set of prior days.
- Anomaly Detections may be calculated based on a consecutive days or week-over-week method. The method in use is configurable.
The number of days over which the Anomaly Detection is calculated is called the rolling window.
- By default, the minimum number of days to complete a valid calculation
is
4
, and the maximum is16
. - The size of the rolling window may impact how quickly the Data Collector is able to complete its updates.
- It does not affect Anomaly Detection data storage.