---
title: tickscript.defineCheck() function
description: >
  The `tickscript.defineCheck()` function creates and returns a record with custom
  check data required by `tickscript.alert()` and `tickscript.deadman()`.
menu:
  influxdb_cloud_ref:
    name: tickscript.defineCheck
    parent: TICKscript
weight: 302
introduced: 0.111.0
---

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