Setting alerts for your visualizations

You can create, modify, or delete notification settings for any visualizations that you have pinned.

Create alerts for your visualizations so that you can stay updated. You can set rules and conditions for your alerts. When your rules and conditions are met, an alert appears in your Notifications Notification tab icon tab.

Create an alert from the Boards screen

Start by opening the board that contains the visualization that you want to set an alert for:
  1. Tap Boards Boards icon to open the Boards screen.
  2. Open the board that contains the visualization that you want to set alerts for.
  3. Tap the ellipsisEllipsis icon under the visualization that you want to set alerts for.
  4. Select New alert.
  5. Provide a name for the alert.
  6. Define the rule definitions and filters. For more information on these parameters, see the rules definition table.
  7. Add notes for your alert.
  8. Tap Save.

Create an alert from a visualization screen

Start by opening the visualization that you want to set an alert for:
  1. Open the visualization that you want to set alerts for.
  2. Tap Alerts Alerts icon
  3. Tap New alert Alerts icon.
  4. Provide a name for the alert.
  5. Define the rule definitions and filters. For more information on these parameters, see the rules definition table.
  6. Add notes for your alert.
  7. Tap Save.

Modifying or deleting alerts for visualizations

You can modify or delete alerts that you created for a visualization.
Note: You cannot modify or delete visualization alerts that were shared with you via a board.
  1. Open the visualization, which contains the alert that you want to modify or delete.
  2. Tap Alerts Alerts icon
  3. Tap the name of the alert that you want to modify or delete.
  4. Make your modifications to the alert and tap Save or tap Delete alert to delete the alert.

Alert conditions

An alert is sent for your visualizations when a visualization's alert conditions are met. Stay on top of metrics that matter to you by setting alert conditions for your visualizations.

Use rule definitions to define when and how an alert is triggered for a particular measure in your visualization.
Table 1. Rules definition
Condition Description Required
Column The measure that you want to set an alert condition for. Yes
Condition The condition type that you want the alert to notify you about. Yes
Threshold value The threshold value that the measure needs to be before the condition is met. Yes

Depending on the measure that you're using to set an alert condition for, you might see additional filter options under Specify alert rule filter. These filters are used to further refine your alert conditions.

Screenshots

Alert settings Alert settings