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How to Quickly Create Alerts

Sometimes, you may want to take shortcuts when creating an alert. You have several options for shortening the process:

Create an alert from Explore​

You can easily turn your current view or query in Explore into an alert.

Once you've identified what you want to monitor, click the ⋮ menu and select Create Alert.

The filters will be displayed below the text box if your query is built via Simple Search. Lucene queries will appear inside the box.

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Create an alert from OpenSearch Dashboards​

Your easiest option is to first test out filters and a search query directly in OpenSearch Dashboards or reuse a saved search. When the search captures the right logs, click Create alert to copy over the search criteria and begin configuring an alert.

Create an alert from OSD

The alert form will automatically inherit the search query, filters, and selected accounts.

Create an alert from an Insight​

OpenSearch Dashboards Insights automatically scans your logs for errors and groups them into meaningful units. To create an alert from a specific insight, go to OpenSearch Dashboards > Insights > Create alert.

Create an alert for Logz.io Insights

Duplicate an alert​

You can duplicate an existing alert to reuse its configuration without creating it from scratch.

To duplicate an alert:

  • Navigate to the Alert Definitions page
  • Hover over the relevant alert to reveal the ⋮ menu button
  • Click the Menu button and select Duplicate

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Create an alert manually​

These are your standard methods for creating an alert.

  • From the navigation menu, select Logs > Alerts + (Yellow + icon).
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  • From the alerts page. Navigate to Logs > Alerts and click the button + New alert.
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