Alerts UI guide

In Adobe Experience Platform, you can view a history of alerts your organization has received, based on metrics from observability insights. You can also browse available alert rules and turn them on or off, subscribe to them, and manage who receives email notifications.

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For an introduction to alerts in Experience Platform, see the alerts overview.

To get started, select Alerts in the left navigation.

Alerts page highlighting Alerts in the left navigation.

Manage alert rules manage-rules

The Browse tab lists the available rules that may trigger an alert. Select a rule from the list to view its description and its configuration parameters in the right panel, including threshold and severity.

An alert rule highlighted showing details in the right panel.

Select the ellipsis () next to a rule’s name. A menu opens where you can enable or disable the alert (depending on its current status) and subscribe or unsubscribe from email notifications for that rule.

The ellipsis opens the menu with these options.

Manage alert subscribers manage-subscribers

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To assign an alert to an Adobe user ID, an external email address, or an email group list, you must be an administrator.

On the Browse tab, select the ellipsis () next to the rule you want to manage, then select Manage alert subscribers.

The Manage alert subscribers option is highlighted.

The Manage alert subscribers page opens. To add subscribers, enter an Adobe user ID, an external email address, or an email group list, then press Enter.

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To add several subscribers at once, enter user IDs or email addresses separated by commas.

The manage alert subscribers page showing entered email addresses.

Added addresses appear in the subscribers list. Select Update.

The manage alert subscribers page highlighting subscribers and Update.

Once subscribers have been added successfully, they will receiving email notifications for this alert.

Example of an email alert notification.

Enable email alerts enable-email

To have alert notifications delivered to your inbox, select the bell icon ( bell icon ) in the upper-right toolbar to open notifications and announcements. From the dropdown, select the settings icon ( settings icon ) to open Experience Cloud preferences.

Notifications panel with the bell icon and settings icon highlighted.

The Profile page opens. Select Notifications in the left navigation to open email preferences. Scroll to the Emails section at the bottom of the page and select Instant notifications.

The Emails section highlighted on the Profile page.

Alerts you are subscribed to are sent to the email address linked to your Adobe ID.

Customize alert threshold alert-threshold

Alert thresholds can be customized for the following alert types:

Alert type
Customized parameter
Segment Job Delay
Delay threshold
Segment Export Delay
Delay threshold
Destination Flow Run Delay
Delay threshold
Identity Service Flow Run Delay
Delay threshold
Profile Flow Run Delay
Delay threshold
Profile Streaming Ingestion Failure Rate Exceeded
Error threshold
Profile Streaming Ingestion Skip Rate Exceeded
Error threshold
Sources Flow Run Delay
Delay threshold
Sources Ingestion Error Rate Exceeded
Error threshold
Query Run Delay
Delay threshold
Activation Skip Rate Exceeded
Error threshold

Select the ellipsis () next to a rule’s name, then select Edit.

The Edit option is highlighted for the selected rule.

On the Customize alert page, set the threshold for that rule to your desired time (in minutes), then select Confirm.

The Customize alert page highlighting Threshold and Confirm options.

You return to the Alerts page. To check the threshold, select the rule in the list. The right panel shows the threshold, status, severity, and other details.

An alert selected with details in the right panel, including threshold.

View alert history alert-history

The History tab lists alerts your organization has received, including the rule that triggered the alert, the related object name, when the alert was triggered, and when it was resolved (if applicable).

Received alerts listed on the History tab.

Select an alert from the list to view more details in the right panel, including a short summary of what triggered it. Use global search to find and open the related object.

An alert highlighted showing details in the right panel.

Search alerts by alert name

In the search bar, enter text to match the alert name. The list updates to show matching alerts.

Search bar highlighted showing alert name entered and search results

Search alerts by object name

To filter by object name, select the filter icon ( filter icon ), then enter the object name in the search bar. The list shows alerts associated with that object.

Filter icon and search bar highlighted showing object name entered and search results

Search alerts by date range

Select the calendar icon ( calendar icon ) in the upper right to limit results to alerts triggered in a specific period.

Calendar icon highlighted.

Select a preset (Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, or Last 30 days) or set a custom range in the calendar, then select Apply.

Date range selector page displayed.

You return to the History tab which shows the filtered results.

Next steps

This guide showed how to view and manage alerts in the Experience Platform UI. See the Observability Insights overview for more ways to monitor activity across Experience Platform.

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