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The `expr` query must contain [`stats` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-pipe) in order to calculate
some metric over the selected logs, and use this metric in alerting threshold. Use [`filter` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#filter-pipe)
for filtering the calculated metric according to the needed threshold. For example, the following alerting rule fires
if the number of logs with the `error` or `warn` status in `env=prod` exceeds 10 during the last 5 minutes:
for filtering the calculated metric according to the needed threshold. For example, the following alerting rule fires if the number of `error` or `warn` logs on a single pod in `env=prod` exceeds 10 during the last 5 minutes:

```yaml
groups:
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interval: 5m
rules:
- alert: HasMoreThan10ErrorLogs
expr: '{env=prod} status:in(error,warn) | stats count() as error_logs | filter error_logs:>10'
expr: '{env=prod} status:in(error,warn) | stats by (k8s.pod.name) as error_logs | filter error_logs:>10'
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description: 'Too big number of errors and warnings during the last 5 minutes: {{$value}}'
description: 'Too big number of errors and warnings on pod {{ index .Labels "k8s.pod.name" }} during the last 5 minutes: {{$value}}'
```

It is possible to group the calculated metrics by arbitrary log fields, by using [`stats by (...)` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#stats-by-fields).
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