Alerts manager

Last update: December 16, 2024

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  • Admin

You can manage existing alerts in the Alerts manager. You can perform various management tasks on alerts, such as tagging, renaming, deleting, and more.

The Alerts manager is structured very much like the Segment Manager and the Calculated Metric Manager.

Create alerts

To create alerts from the Alerts manager:

  1. Select Components > Alerts to access the Alerts manager in Adobe Analytics.

  2. Select Add (or Create new alert if you don’t have any existing alerts).

  3. Select the alert type that corresponds to the alert that you want to create:

    • Analytics data alert: An alert to notify you when abnormal events occur in your data.

      If you select this option, continue with Create alerts for more details about creating alerts.

    • Server call usage alert: An alert to notify you of the risk or occurrence of an overage in your server call consumption and commitment data.

      If you select this option, continue with Server call usage alerts.

      NOTE
      You must be an Analytics administrator or a user with the Server call usage permission in order to have access to server call usage.

Manage existing alerts

You can perform various actions on existing alerts, such as tagging, renaming, deleting, and so forth.

To manage existing alerts in the Alerts manager:

  1. Select Components > Alerts to access the Alerts manager in Adobe Analytics.

  2. Select one or more alerts that you want to manage.

  3. In the action bar, select any of the following options:

    ActionFunction
    TagApply a tag to an alert. This helps you to organize alerts for ease of use.
    DeleteDeletes the alert.
    RenameRenames the alert.
    ApproveMark the alert as Approved.
    CopyCreates a copy (duplicate) of the alert.
    DisableDisables an alert that is currently enabled.
    EnableEnables an alert that is currently disabled.
    RenewRenews the alert expiration date. This extends the expiration date to be 1 year from the day you selected this option, regardless of the original expiration date.
    Export to CSVExports the alert to a .CSV file.

Edit an alert

To edit an existing alert:

  1. Select Components > Alerts to access the Alerts manager in Adobe Analytics.

  2. Select the alert name in the Title and description column.

  3. Edit the alert as desired.

    Following are some of the things you can do when editing an alert:

    • Add alerts to other report suites
    • Add or modify the description
    • Modify the time granularity
    • Modify the recipients
    • Modify the expiration date
    • Modify the metrics and filters

  4. Select Save.

Configure columns

You can configure the information displayed for each alert in the Alerts manager by configuring the columns that are displayed.

To configure the visible columns in the Alerts manager:

  1. In Adobe Analytics, select the Components tab, then select Alerts.

  2. In the Alert manager, select the Customize columns icon Customize columns icon , then select the columns that you want to be displayed in the Alerts manager.

    The following columns are available:

    Column titleDescription
    Title and descriptionThese values are provided in the Alert builder. To edit the title and description, select the title link to open the Alert builder.
    FavoritesDisplays star icons next to each alert, allowing you to mark alerts as favorites.
    TypeShows whether the alert is an Analytics data alert or a Server call usage alert.
    EnabledShows whether the alert is currently enabled or disabled.
    Report suiteIndicates in which report suite the alert was last saved.
    OwnerIndicates who owns the alert. As a non-admin, you can see only alerts you own or those that were shared with you.
    TagsShows tags that were applied to the alert, either by you or by people who shared the alert with you.
    Expiration dateShows the date and time when the alert is set to expire.
    Date modifiedIndicates the date when the alert was last modified.

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