diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
index 7bf3407128fc7e386d4e308d68b8513a047da9b0..88cc3ae3ad0d70a02eed9f82c1aecfddf2936581 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ topology_template:
                 - http://172.40.231.200:9999/
           increase_in_running_processes:
             description: This event triggers when the max number of running processes increases.
+            metadata:
+              monitoring_type: stream
             event_type: threshold
             metric: processes.running
             condition:
               threshold: 0
-              granularity: 10
-              aggregation_method: max
               resource_type:
                 flame_location: DC1
                 flame_sfp: nginx