[Metrics UI] Round metric threshold time buckets to nearest unit

x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/lib/evaluate_alert.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface Aggregation {
     buckets: Array<{
       aggregatedValue: { value: number; values?: Array<{ key: number; value: number }> };
       doc_count: number;
+      key_as_string: string;
     }>;
   };
 }
@@ -57,17 +58,18 @@ export const evaluateAlert = (
       );
       const { threshold, comparator } = criterion;
       const comparisonFunction = comparatorMap[comparator];
-      return mapValues(currentValues, (values: number | number[] | null) => {
-        if (isTooManyBucketsPreviewException(values)) throw values;
+      return mapValues(currentValues, (points: any[] | typeof NaN | null) => {
+        if (isTooManyBucketsPreviewException(points)) throw points;
         return {
           ...criterion,
           metric: criterion.metric ?? DOCUMENT_COUNT_I18N,
-          currentValue: Array.isArray(values) ? last(values) : NaN,
-          shouldFire: Array.isArray(values)
-            ? values.map((value) => comparisonFunction(value, threshold))
+          currentValue: Array.isArray(points) ? last(points)?.value : NaN,
+          timestamp: Array.isArray(points) ? last(points)?.key : NaN,
+          shouldFire: Array.isArray(points)
+            ? points.map((point) => comparisonFunction(point.value, threshold))
             : [false],
-          isNoData: values === null,
-          isError: isNaN(values),
+          isNoData: points === null,
+          isError: isNaN(points),
         };
       });
     })
@@ -157,17 +159,20 @@ const getValuesFromAggregations = (
     const { buckets } = aggregations.aggregatedIntervals;
     if (!buckets.length) return null; // No Data state
     if (aggType === Aggregators.COUNT) {
-      return buckets.map((bucket) => bucket.doc_count);
+      return buckets.map((bucket) => ({ key: bucket.key_as_string, value: bucket.doc_count }));
     }
     if (aggType === Aggregators.P95 || aggType === Aggregators.P99) {
       return buckets.map((bucket) => {
         const values = bucket.aggregatedValue?.values || [];
         const firstValue = first(values);
         if (!firstValue) return null;
-        return firstValue.value;
+        return { key: bucket.key_as_string, value: firstValue.value };
       });
     }
-    return buckets.map((bucket) => bucket.aggregatedValue.value);
+    return buckets.map((bucket) => ({
+      key: bucket.key_as_string,
+      value: bucket.aggregatedValue.value,
+    }));
   } catch (e) {
     return NaN; // Error state
   }

x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/lib/metric_query.test.ts

@@ -56,4 +56,26 @@ describe("The Metric Threshold Alert's getElasticsearchMetricQuery", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('handles time', () => {
+    const end = new Date('2020-07-08T22:07:27.235Z').valueOf();
+    const timerange = {
+      end,
+      start: end - 5 * 60 * 1000,
+    };
+    const searchBody = getElasticsearchMetricQuery(
+      expressionParams,
+      timefield,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      timerange
+    );
+    test('by rounding timestamps to the nearest timeUnit', () => {
+      const rangeFilter = searchBody.query.bool.filter.find((filter) =>
+        filter.hasOwnProperty('range')
+      )?.range[timefield];
+      expect(rangeFilter?.lte).toBe(1594246020000);
+      expect(rangeFilter?.gte).toBe(1594245720000);
+    });
+  });
 });

x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/lib/metric_query.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
  * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
+
 import { networkTraffic } from '../../../../../common/inventory_models/shared/metrics/snapshot/network_traffic';
 import { MetricExpressionParams, Aggregators } from '../types';
 import { getIntervalInSeconds } from '../../../../utils/get_interval_in_seconds';
+import { roundTimestamp } from '../../../../utils/round_timestamp';
 import { getDateHistogramOffset } from '../../../snapshot/query_helpers';
 import { createPercentileAggregation } from './create_percentile_aggregation';
 
@@ -34,12 +36,15 @@ export const getElasticsearchMetricQuery = (
   const interval = `${timeSize}${timeUnit}`;
   const intervalAsSeconds = getIntervalInSeconds(interval);
 
-  const to = timeframe ? timeframe.end : Date.now();
+  const to = roundTimestamp(timeframe ? timeframe.end : Date.now(), timeUnit);
   // We need enough data for 5 buckets worth of data. We also need
   // to convert the intervalAsSeconds to milliseconds.
   const minimumFrom = to - intervalAsSeconds * 1000 * MINIMUM_BUCKETS;
 
-  const from = timeframe && timeframe.start <= minimumFrom ? timeframe.start : minimumFrom;
+  const from = roundTimestamp(
+    timeframe && timeframe.start <= minimumFrom ? timeframe.start : minimumFrom,
+    timeUnit
+  );
 
   const offset = getDateHistogramOffset(from, interval);
 

x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.test.ts

@@ -94,12 +94,14 @@ describe('The metric threshold alert type', () => {
       expect(getState(instanceID).alertState).toBe(AlertStates.OK);
     });
     test('reports expected values to the action context', async () => {
+      const now = 1577858400000;
       await execute(Comparator.GT, [0.75]);
       const { action } = mostRecentAction(instanceID);
       expect(action.group).toBe('*');
       expect(action.reason).toContain('current value is 1');
       expect(action.reason).toContain('threshold of 0.75');
       expect(action.reason).toContain('test.metric.1');
+      expect(action.timestamp).toBe(new Date(now).toISOString());
     });
   });
 

x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.ts

@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ export const createMetricThresholdExecutor = (libs: InfraBackendLibs, alertId: s
         }
       }
       if (reason) {
+        const firstResult = first(alertResults);
+        const timestamp = (firstResult && firstResult[group].timestamp) ?? moment().toISOString();
         alertInstance.scheduleActions(FIRED_ACTIONS.id, {
           group,
           alertState: stateToAlertMessage[nextState],
           reason,
-          timestamp: moment().toISOString(),
+          timestamp,
           value: mapToConditionsLookup(alertResults, (result) => result[group].currentValue),
           threshold: mapToConditionsLookup(criteria, (c) => c.threshold),
           metric: mapToConditionsLookup(criteria, (c) => c.metric),

x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/test_mocks.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const bucketsA = [
   {
     doc_count: 3,
     aggregatedValue: { value: 1.0, values: [{ key: 95.0, value: 1.0 }] },
+    key_as_string: new Date(1577858400000).toISOString(),
   },
 ];
 

x-pack/plugins/infra/server/utils/round_timestamp.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { Unit } from '@elastic/datemath';
+import moment from 'moment';
+
+export const roundTimestamp = (timestamp: number, unit: Unit) => {
+  const floor = moment(timestamp).startOf(unit).valueOf();
+  const ceil = moment(timestamp).add(1, unit).startOf(unit).valueOf();
+  if (Math.abs(timestamp - floor) <= Math.abs(timestamp - ceil)) return floor;
+  return ceil;
+};