7. The method of claim 1 wherein the service corresponds to a service definition in computer storage associating an entity definition for each of the one or more entities that provide the service, each of said entity definitions identifying machine data pertaining to the respective entity.
1. A method comprising: causing display of a user interface having a threshold portion associated with a key performance indicator (KPI), the KPI defined by a search query that derives a value from machine data associated with one or more entities that provide a service, the threshold portion enabling a user to indicate one or more thresholds for the KPI and to indicate a per-entity application of the thresholds, each threshold corresponding to a different one of a plurality of KPI states; receiving an indication of the thresholds and of the per-entity application of the thresholds in response to user interaction with the user interface; storing the thresholds in association with a definition of the KPI in accordance with the received indication such that a determining of a KPI state from among a plurality of KPI states is made, for an execution of the search query, on a per-entity basis for at least one of the entities in accordance with the thresholds; wherein the derived value for the KPI reflects a measure of the performance of the service; and wherein the method is performed by a computer system comprising one or more processors coupled to computer storage.