Alerts manager

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

Access the Alerts manager

In Adobe Analytics, select Components > Alerts.

Available actions in the Alerts manager

In the Alerts manager, you can:

Access the Alert Builder by clicking + Add.
Tag alerts. This allows you to organize them for ease of use.
Delete alerts.
Rename alerts.
Approve alerts.
Copy alerts.
Enable/disable alerts.
Renew an alert expiration date. When one or more alerts are selected, they can be renewed by clicking Renew.This extends their expiration dates to be 1 year from the day Renew was clicked, regardless of their original expiration date.
Export an alert to a .CSV file.
Edit alerts by double-clicking the alert title.
Search for alerts.
Add alerts to other report suites.
Specify/change the owner of an alert.
Add other filters.
Define an alert expiration date.

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:

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

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 title	Description
Favorites	Displays star icons next to each alert, allowing you to mark alerts as favorites.
Title and description	These values are provided in the Alert builder. To edit the title and description, select the title link to open the Alert builder.
Report suite	Indicates in which report suite the alert was last saved.
Owner	Indicates who owns the alert. As a non-admin, you can see only alerts you own or those that were shared with you.
Tags	Shows tags that were applied to the alert, either by you or by people who shared the alert with you.
Shared with	Lists individuals or groups (admin only) or All (admin only) that you shared the alert with.
Date modified	Indicates the date when the alert was last modified.
Last used	Note: This functionality is in the Limited Testing phase of release and might not be available yet in your environment. This note will be removed when the functionality is generally available. For information about the Customer Journey Analytics release process, see Adobe Analytics feature releases. Shows the date when the alert was last used. This information can help you determine whether a component is valuable to users in your organization, where it is used, and if it needs to be deleted or modified. This information does not include usage from the API, Report Builder, or Data Warehouse.