Find the cause of a "No Sensor Defined" error message

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title: Find the cause of a "No Sensor Defined" error message
description: Every active probe looks for a corresponding sensor to process the data that is collected by the probe. The "No Sensors Defined" message indicates that the corresponding sensor for the probe is missing or inactive.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Discovery
classification: discovery
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Discovery error messages, Discovery monitoring and issue resolution, Using Discovery, Discovery, ITOM Visibility, IT Operations Management]
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# Find the cause of a "No Sensor Defined" error message

Every active probe looks for a corresponding sensor to process the data that is collected by the probe. The "No Sensors Defined" message indicates that the corresponding sensor for the probe is missing or inactive.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_cloud\_ops\_ws.cloud\_ops\_admin or admin

## About this task

To find the cause of this error, identify the **Short Message** field of the error record. This field shows the name of the probe for which the sensor is missing.

## Procedure

1.  Depending on the application you're using, do one of the following:

    -   To identify the cause of the error using Cloud Discovery Workspace, navigate to **Cloud Discovery Workspace** > **Cloud Discovery** > **Diagnostics** > **Discovery Log**.
    -   To identify the cause of the error using Discovery, navigate to **All** > **Discovery** > **Output and Artifacts** > **Discovery Log**.
2.  Filter the **Level** column by **Error**.

    If you are using Discovery, you can also view the Error Report on the Discovery dashboard.

3.  Note the **Short Message** field of the error record.

    This field shows the name of the sensor where the error has occurred.


**Parent Topic:**[Discovery error messages](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery/c_DiscoveryErrorMessages.md)

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