Hi Emily, Nope, Kafka doesn't have that capability built in, it's just a distributed log that's great for streaming events. However, you can easily write a program that consumes those events from Kafka and then does what you want :)
Cheers, Liam On Tue, 3 May 2022 at 06:30, Emily Schepisi <emily.schep...@dayblink.com.invalid> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question about Kafka. If I put an upper and lower control limit on > the data, and the log records an event where the upper or lower control > limit is breached, will Kafka be able to send a notification via email or > text message to the user? > > Example: I'm tracking the daily temperature and set the upper control limit > at 80 degrees and the lower control limit at 50 degrees. The event log on > Kafka recorded the temperature on Monday at 90 degrees, so it's higher than > the upper control limit. Does Kafka have the capability to send a text > message or email to let me know that the temperature is outside of the > control limit? > > Thank you, > > Emily >