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title: Alerts
slug: edgemanager/lem-user-guide/monitor-operations/alerts
description: You can add actions and triggers in the Alerts module that can use events to send notifications.
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createdAt: 2022-03-30T21:43:27.000Z
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Alerts occur when an event triggers an action. You can add actions and triggers in the** Alerts** module that can use events to send notifications.

Review [Alerts Guides](docId\:QgngIaCPFc2V1DxBV5w4x) to learn more about setting up alert triggers.

The Alerts module includes three sections. 

# Incidents

The *Incidents* module includes a list of edge devices for which there is an incident. Incidents are generated alerts that are based on triggers. System triggers are preloaded, and user triggers are created in [Alerts](docId\:rkHVFJdYiusRWmtQT2hKi).

The *Incidents* pane includes filters for selection of a group list, state, and date range filters for Opened Before, Opened After, Closed Before and Closed After.

# Triggers

The Triggers section includes user-defined triggers. A trigger uses an event or a metric to trigger an action, which in turn sends a notification. 

You can create, view and modify user-defined triggers for the actions listed. An alert occurrence is registered as an incident and is shown in the [Incidents](docId:81uhi0Waj080EuLYceOaf) module. The generated alert appears in the [Dashboard](docId\:NLJ2_MJLO2O6SiwBdNRlz) module and the [Events](docId\:xspqcQb6NvUJ0YoiqeVtA) tab in *Edge Device Details*.  

**Alert Options**:

- Email
- Webhook
- Slack
- Pagerduty

# Notification settings

From the *Notification Settings* section, you can add, modify, and view actions that is used by a trigger. The action sends a notification (Email, Slack, Webhook, Pagerduty) when a trigger is applied.

# Access alerts

**To access the Alerts:**

1. Log in to Litmus Edge Manager.
2. Select a company.
   The *Projects* pane appears.
3. Do one of the following:
   - Click a project from the *Project *pane. 
     The *Dashboard *pane appears for the project.
   - Click the **Actions** icon for a project, and then select **View**. 
     The *Dashboard *pane appears for the project.
   - From the Navigation panel, select **Alerts**.
     The *Alerts* pane appears.

Refer to the following actions you can take on the *Alerts *pane. The user interface below is for Litmus Edge Manager version 2.22.1 and later. 

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/SSUUxKZUk9bFTEPNn_6Zo/6HJTc3fIZ5B1qVS39Xy2J_image.png "Alerts")

| **Action**                                                  | **Details**                                                                                       |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \[1] [Incidents](docId:4x3jfW-yGofh3LKALoVQ_)               | View and manage generated incident alerts.                                                        |
| \[2] [Set up alert triggers](docId\:VK_qMi8qjT6DrN74l2dj-)  | Create conditions for triggering notifications.                                                   |
| \[3] [Notification settings](docId\:z77JkTYpM_jVghNgPgzjm)  | Manage alert notification preferences and actions.                                                |
| \[4] **Add New Trigger**                                    | Create a new user-defined alert trigger.[Set up alert triggers](docId\:VK_qMi8qjT6DrN74l2dj-)     |
| \[5] **Edit Trigger**                                       | Modify existing user-defined alert triggers.[Set up alert triggers](docId\:VK_qMi8qjT6DrN74l2dj-) |
| \[6] **Remove Trigger**                                     | Delete a specified alert trigger.                                                                 |