# How to activate, deactivate or duplicate an alert
## Activate or deactivate an alert
When an alert is created in the Digibee Integration Platform, it is set to **disabled by default**. In order for it to start monitoring and generating notifications, it must be manually enabled. Follow these steps to enable or disable an alert:
Follow these steps to activate or deactivate an alert:
1. At the Platform home page, click on **Monitor**.
2. At the menu on top at the page, click on **Alerts configuration**.
* You can also click on Settings and click on Alerts at the menu on the left.
3. Search the table for the alert you want to activate or deactivate.
4. Click the toggle switch under the **Status** column to activate or deactivate the alert. If the alert is activated, click the toggle switch to deactivate.
## Duplicate an alert
1. In the **Alert Configuration** tab, locate the alert you want to duplicate in the table.
2. Click the **duplicate** icon in the last column.
3. A new **alert creation window** opens with all the information for the alert you want to duplicate.
4. Click **Save** to duplicate the alert or **Cancel** to return to the previous page.
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