Alerts and notifications
Create a new alert
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From the Dashboard, locate the rectangle with the dotted border.
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When the cursor is hovering over top, an Add button will appear.

- Click the button to begin creating the alert.

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Add a unique name for the alert.
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Each alert has a visual indication of its severity, represented by one of the following colors:
- Low: Yellow
- Medium: Orange
- High: Red

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From the Severity dropdown box, select one of the three options available.
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The Select Condition drop down box represents an inventory of existing conditional rules, as well as an option to create a new one

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When selecting an existing conditional rule, the name of the condition will automatically populate the mandatory condition Name field.
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When creating a new condition the Name field must be filled in.

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Each alert also has a Condition type:
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Policy conditions trigger alerts based on CFEngine policy compliance status. They can be set on bundles, promisees, and promises. If nothing is specified, they will trigger alerts for all policy.
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Inventory conditions trigger alerts for inventory attributes. These attributes correspond to the ones found in inventory reports.
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Software Updates conditions trigger alerts based on packages available for update in the repository. They can be set either for a specific version or trigger on the latest version available. If neither a package nor a version is specified, they will trigger alerts for any update.
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Custom SQL conditions trigger alerts based on an SQL query. The SQL query must returns at least one column -
hostkey
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Alert conditions can be limited to a subset of hosts.

- Notifications of alerts may be sent by email or custom action scripts.

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Check Email notifications box to activate the field for entering the email address to notify.
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The Remind me dropdown box provides a selection of intervals to send reminder emails for triggered events.