Set alert by the number of changes

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1

I would like to set an alert if the number of changes exceeds a limit, say 10 changes, ie the Difference between the pages is >10. How do I do this?

2

You can set up a condition based on the number of characters that have changed. For example:

Added Text → length is greater than → 20

This means you’ll get an alert only when the added text exceeds 20 characters, smaller changes won’t trigger one.

You can also check out this guide for more details on how to get alerts only for important changes:
https://distill.io/docs/web-monitor/using-conditions-to-get-alert-on-important-changes/#do-not-alert-on-minor-changes

3

Hi Raksha,

Thanks for your reply. To clarify, I’m not trying to track the number of additional characters. It’s really the number of changes on a page. So for example, when you’re in the application and you can view the number of changes on a site the usual will show the Diff +5-5, for example.

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It’s not possible to set conditions or alerts based on the number of diffs shown in the change history.