# Alerts

Alerts continuously monitor your pipelines and send you a notification when a pipeline metric falls out of a specified range. By setting up alerts, you can ensure that issues in your integration flows are quickly identified and resolved to reduce the risk of downtime or data loss

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<summary>Access and permissions to Alerts</summary>

To access the Alerts page, your access group must include the **alert-manager** [system role](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/platform-administration/administration/new-access-control/access-control-roles#system-roles). By default, this role is assigned to the **support**, **developers**, and **governance-manager** [groups](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/platform-administration/administration/new-access-control/access-control-groups). If needed, you can manually add the role to any other access group.

The permissions needed to use the Alerts features are **ALERT:READ, ALERT:CREATE**, **ALERT:UPDATE**, and **ALERT:DELETE**. Learn more about the [permissions by service](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/platform-administration/administration/new-access-control/access-control-roles/list-of-permissions-by-service).

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## Alerts page

The Alerts page shows alerts created for a selected environment and displays a table with the following variables:

* **Alert name**: The name assigned to the alert.
* **Metrics:** The selected metrics that are monitored for the alert.
* **Channels**: The channels to receive the alert. They include email, Slack, Telegram, or Webhook.
* **Pipeline coverage**: The selected pipelines with the alert. If all pipelines in the realm are selected, they will be indicated with **All** in the table row.
* **Status**: The status of the alert. It can be deactivated (default) or activated.&#x20;
* **Actions**: The actions to perform in the alert. They include **duplicate**, **edit**, or **delete**.
* **Sort icon**: The sort icon to sort the rows in ascending (A-Z) or descending (Z-A) order.

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### Search for alerts

At the top of the page, you can find your alert by searching for:

* Alert name
* Metrics
* Alert channels

After entering the information, click **Search** to see the results.

### Metrics

Alert metrics help you ensure the reliability and performance of your pipelines. Check out the [Alert metrics documentation](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/available-metrics) to visualize the pipeline metrics that you can use to set up alerts.

### Actions

You can perform the following actions on the Alerts page:

* [Create an alert](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/how-to-create-an-alert)
* [Edit an alert](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/how-to-edit-an-alert)
* [Activate, deactivate or duplicate an alert](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/how-to-activate-deactivate-or-duplicate-an-alert)
* [Delete an alert](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/how-to-delete-an-alert)
* [Configure alerts on Slack](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/how-to-configure-alerts-on-slack)
* [Configure alerts on Telegram](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/how-to-configure-alerts-on-telegram)
* [Configure alerts through a Webhook](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/webhook)

## Alert use cases

To see real-world examples of how alerts can be used, visit our [Alerts use case documentation](https://docs.digibee.com/documentation/developer-guide/development-cycle/dashboards/alerts/use-cases-alerts) and discover practical ways to improve  your monitoring.