Step 3: Add Alert Groups

required permissions only users who are assigned to a role with permissions can use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ dgkijjmfdmpdvwgygh p2 and manage dairy roles docid\ tklz3 romklipe8l rfi6 for more information these instructions continue where step 2 enter alert thresholds docid\ hmlptb6alanxs osb 5ul ends and show you how to select the events you want to track and the team members you want to notify when your exceeds the alert thresholds does not currently support alerts and notifications for all available indicator types you cannot add or edit alert groups until are enabled in and at least one is entered on the indicators docid\ re 3umvpzj 01xyxftyom page for your see step 1 enable & set up health indicators docid\ ws6heowkong4plwvgnwhk and step 2 enter alert thresholds docid\ hmlptb6alanxs osb 5ul for instructions follow the steps below to continue select the tab on the performance indicators docid\ by0ww8qoebkfwwryurmls page to add a new alert group for your , click the add alert group button opens a side panel where you can configure the alert group enter an alert group name for the alert group for example, since we entered an for the overall and cow mastitis events in step 2 enter alert thresholds docid\ hmlptb6alanxs osb 5ul , we'll enter an alert group name of "mastitis events alert group" here while still in the side panel, use the indicators to track area to include one or more s to track across your for this alert group continuing with our example from step 2 enter alert thresholds docid\ hmlptb6alanxs osb 5ul , we'll add overall mastitis and cow mastitis as the s we want this alert group to track check out some pointers on adding s to this alert group check the box to select the overall mastitis this adds the event to the indicators to track area and updates the total count of events being tracked check the box to select the cow mastitis this adds the event to the indicators to track area and updates the total count of events being tracked if you add an to an alert group, and the indicator does not have an , will still allow you to add it to the alert group, but it will notify you that there is no for it for example, since we didn't add an for the cow mastitis event in step 2 enter alert thresholds docid\ hmlptb6alanxs osb 5ul , check the box to select the cow mastitis this adds the event to the indicators to track area and updates the total count of events being tracked in addition, an icon displays next to the event, which lets you know that an has not been entered on the indicators docid\ re 3umvpzj 01xyxftyom page for the event this means that won't track or send alerts for this until you enter an for the event on the indicators docid\ re 3umvpzj 01xyxftyom page you can leave the cow mastitis event in the alert group, save the alert group, return to the indicators docid\ re 3umvpzj 01xyxftyom page, and enter an for it this makes the icon go away and will begin tracking and sending alerts for it for this example, let's click the x on the cow mastitis event to delete it from the alert group the event is removed from the indicators to track area and the total count of events being tracked is reduced now let's select which members of your team will alert for these mastitis events you can do this in the users to notify area of the side panel multiple members of your team can be added to the to the users to notify area for an alert group generic user names were added in this example, but you can select your name and/or the name of any member of your team if a member of your team has both a mobile phone number and an email address recorded in their user account, both the sms and email boxes are automatically checked as the default when the user is selected hint{type="info"} note the sms box cannot be checked for a user who does not have a mobile phone number listed in account settings additionally, cannot send sms alerts to international phone numbers at this time, but they can still receive email alerts! \ if a member of your team prefers to be alerted only by text message, you can uncheck the email box note sends notifications for alert groups only by text or email alert group notifications are not added to the message center docid\ aadwepwbd0vq fh6 yitd or to the notifications button docid 4ltscc7yg9xc8vqbagfwo as a new activity badge now that you've told who you want to alert and how to notify them, the last thing you need to do is tell what time of day to examine s and send alerts to your team while still in the side panel, use the time preferences area to select the time of day when examines s for your and notifies your team the time specified is in your local 's time 12 00 am is the default selection, but you can select a time of day that best meets your 's needs in this example, 05 30 am is selected note the time specified here combines with the period selected in the period preferences area in step 1 enable & set up health indicators docid\ ws6heowkong4plwvgnwhk , and these settings determine how often examines s and notifies your team at the time specified, examines the s for your first and then alerts your team after processing completes depending on the size of your and the number of s being tracked by this alert group, alerts may not be sent or received exactly at the time specified that's all there is to adding a new alert group in , but don't forget to save your changes! click the save button returns you to the page and confirms that your changes have been saved now that you've successfully created an alert group that will notify your team when an event occurs across your , let's take a look at how these changes are displayed on the process scheduler docid 7ahmcsontje6hdvyedy9f page in proceed to step 4 view scheduled alerts in process scheduler docid\ mljidvig96g41krds4lsf to continue < return to setup overview docid\ oar jalniqfgtuo6kdfy3