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title: Performance Indicators
slug: pl-check-links/performance-indicators
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createdAt: 2026-02-23T07:45:13.859Z
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### Required Permissions

Only users who are assigned to a Role with User Management permissions can use this feature. See [Edit Dairy User Permissions](docId\:dgKiJJMfdmpDvWGygh_P2) and [Manage Dairy Roles](docId\:tklz3_ROmKlipE8l-rFi6) for more information.
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Performance Indicators in PULSE allow you to set alert thresholds for common health events that occur across your herd, send notifications to your dairy team when your herd exceeds those thresholds, and set the upper and lower limits used to track other KPIs across your herd.

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**NOTE: **PULSE does not currently support alerts and notifications for all available indicator types.
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By tracking and examining health events for your herd, you can implement new strategies and protocols for avoiding or treating specific illnesses. Over time, you can lower treatment and production loss costs, and have fewer milk and beef withholds.

The Performance Indicators page contains two settings, and both must be configured before PULSE will track performance indicators and send notifications:

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## Indicators

Use the [Indicators](docId\:RE-3UmvPZJ_01xYxFTyoM) page to view or adjust health and reproduction indicators for the animals in your herd.

![](https://api.qa.archbee.co/api/optimize/zICxj0dnLereb6UUrBA3-/2Zt6aCSmaYBRWynhoHRg5_indicators-tab.png)

PULSE supports various indicator types. Select an option to view or edit an indicator type.
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## Alert Groups

Use the [Alert Groups](docId:_VreTDckzamCrDFE6DtOr) page to select the events you want PULSE to track and the team members you want to notify when your herd exceeds the alert thresholds.

![](https://api.qa.archbee.co/api/optimize/zICxj0dnLereb6UUrBA3-/SW6tbXZSIEHiogLPWTwNe_indicators-tab-alerts-subtab.png)
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**NOTE: **This nightly process is specific for Performance Indicators and is unrelated to the [KPIs and Alerts](docId:6YGt6O5KKAGb40Ux47Dg1) feature in [Account Settings](docId\:noN0kV5hwhmfaYXl0TlkE).
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See the topics below to learn more:

[\< Return to SETTINGS (DAIRY) OVERVIEW](docId\:C5oWHDdilUYb4MGO5yI7t)