# Adding the current metric value to the email body description in a custom event metric alert **URL:** \ **Category:** Alerting\ **Tags:** dynatrace-managed, problem-notification\ **Created:** [December 21, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/adding-the-current-metric-value-to-the-email-body-description-in-a-custom-event-metric-alert/43333 "2023-12-21T13:58:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aades\_kanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@aades\_kanna](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/aades_kanna)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/adding-the-current-metric-value-to-the-email-body-description-in-a-custom-event-metric-alert/43333/1 "2023-12-21T13:58:15Z")
So basically I want to get the current metric value when the static threshold is exceed in a custom metric event, in the body of the email alert. Ik there are placeholders that we can use but I wasn’t able to find anything for the current value. Can someone please help out? ---
**Author:** ![radek\_jasinski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/radek_jasinski/32/10432_2.png) [@radek\_jasinski](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/radek_jasinski)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/adding-the-current-metric-value-to-the-email-body-description-in-a-custom-event-metric-alert/43333/2 "2023-12-21T14:27:00Z")
I suggest preparing a Metric Event and defining an alert profile based on it. You should then get the value of the metric at the time of saturation. ---
**Author:** ![aades\_kanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@aades\_kanna](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/aades_kanna)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/adding-the-current-metric-value-to-the-email-body-description-in-a-custom-event-metric-alert/43333/3 "2023-12-22T06:47:00Z")
That is precisely what I did, but I’m unable to get the metric value in the email. The event template description is the one we get in mail, but I’m unable to find a placeholder for value in it. ![unnamed (1).png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/3X/e/2/e23ff490ca95bf021907f7b3afa14e23139bc38c.png) ![unnamed.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/3X/0/4/0435f42119b01b2e67b8bb7bd50eeb12017145f0.png) ---
**Author:** ![RazTN7](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/raztn7/32/10208_2.png) [@RazTN7](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/RazTN7)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/adding-the-current-metric-value-to-the-email-body-description-in-a-custom-event-metric-alert/43333/4 "2023-12-22T13:47:45Z")
Hello [@aades\_kanna](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/52855) Can you use {severity} in metric event. Cheers! RN ---
**Author:** ![Gosia\_Murawska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Gosia\_Murawska](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Gosia_Murawska)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/adding-the-current-metric-value-to-the-email-body-description-in-a-custom-event-metric-alert/43333/5 "2024-08-13T10:29:11Z")
Hi [@aades\_kanna](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/52855)  Have you managed to solve the problem? It would be great if you shared the solution with the Community users 💡 ---
**Author:** ![GilesDay](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/gilesday/32/35068_2.png) [@GilesDay](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/GilesDay)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/adding-the-current-metric-value-to-the-email-body-description-in-a-custom-event-metric-alert/43333/6 "2024-10-25T18:00:32Z")
Use {severity} … I dont know why its this, but it seems to work.