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Update and expand alert functionality

You can view alert information and configure alerts from the following places in Splunk Web.

Location Description
Alerts page Provides a listing of all all alerts created within an app. It contains options for editing an alert. Click an alert entry to view the detail page for the alert. See Alerts page.
Alert detail page Provides links to update an alert. When applicable, lists triggered alerts. See Alert Details page.
Alert Actions Manager See Alert Actions Manager.
Settings Alerts are a type of saved search. You can view saved searches, reports, and alerts from the Searches, reports, and alerts view in Settings. From this view, you can do the following:

  • Create a new alert.
  • Create an alert based on an existing search.
  • Modify an alert.
  • Enable or disable an alert.
  • Delete alerts for which you have the appropriate permissions.

See Update alerts from Settings

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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14

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