View and configure alerts
On the Alerts screen, view the name of the alert as well as its priority, date last modified, and status. Search for and filter the information using the search box and filtering options at the top of the list.
Select a row in the list to view alert details in the pane on the right side of the screen.
To edit details about the alert in the Alert editor, click Manage in the bottom right corner of the details pane. See Create an alert for details about the options available in the Alert Editor.
Click the options menu to the right of the alert name in the details pane to complete the following actions:
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Deactivate / Activate — The Deactivate option is available for alerts with statuses of Active, and the Activate option is available for alerts with statuses on Inactive. If you deactivate an alert, the alert's rule will not create alerts on new feedback nor evaluate escalation paths for existing alerts.
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Delete Alert — The Delete Alert option is available only for alerts with statuses of Inactive. Deleting an alert deletes all triggers, actions, and email information associated with that alert. This action cannot be undone.
Alert priorities
To edit alert priorities, click the options menu in the top right corner of the Alert lists screen, then select Edit Priorities.
For each alert, click the up or down arrow to the right of the Status column to move the alert priority to the top of the list (highest priority) or to the bottom of the list (lowest priority).
Alerts used in Experience programs
Alerts can be tied to specific Experience programs.
The Used In column shows the number of programs in which each alert is used. You can also view this information by selecting the Used In tab in the details pane. When you update an alert, Experience Cloud refreshes the fields on the Experience program.
Alert settings
Click the settings icon in the top right corner of the screen to view or edit alert assignments, holiday calendars, and alert states.
Alert assignments
Select Alert Assignments from the Alert Settings gear icon to view specific alert assignees. Alert assignees are roles and users who can be made aware of and are responsible for managing specific alert instances. Depending on the configuration, the owner can be an entire group or an individual user in that role. For more information about users and roles, see Users and Roles. For more information about configuring alert assignments during alert creation, see the Alert rules section of Create an alert.
Other users subscribed to records associated with the alert may be notified by email that the alert's assignee was deactivated. This applies to alerts that are open, closed, active, and inactive.
When using the Auto Importer Account processor to deactivate users, users subscribed to records associated with the alert are notified by email.
When using a GDPR purge to deactivate users, users subscribed to records associated with the alert are not notified. For information about alerts, see Alerts and Assignees.
The Roles column lists the roles that can be assigned alerts, either done manually by those users in the Who Can Assign This Role to Alerts column on the feedback record or done automatically via the alert rule or escalation paths. Those roles and users within the roles listed in the Who Can Be Assigned to Alerts column can be assigned to alerts to handle and maintain ownership of those alerts. These users and roles are typically the users that need to follow up directly with customer feedback. For example, a store manager may be the person that is responsible for following up with detractor feedback about the store's layout.
To edit a specific row, click the edit icon to the far right of the line item. To create a new permission, click Add Permission in the bottom left corner of Alert Assignments.
In the Alert Assignment section, select a role that can be assigned to alerts as well as the role that can assign that role. If you select the Also allow Users in this role to be assigned to Alerts check box, an email will be sent to those users to notify them of the alert assignment only when the user has been manually assigned the alert. If an alert is automatically assigned to a user, the information in the Send Email section for the alert will be used for the email.
The options in the Notification of Assignment section are for those alerts that are configured to send emails to assignees. If a specific alert is not associated with a user, the email that you define in this section will be sent to users automatically assigned to the alert.
Click Save when you are done configuring the permission.
Holiday calendars
Select Holiday Calendars from the Alert Settings gear icon to configure holiday calendars to specify the non-working days where users will not handle alerts and delay timers will be paused on those specified dates. See Holiday calendars in Create an alert for details on associating a holiday calendar with a specific alert.
To edit an existing calendar, click the edit icon to the far right of the line item. To create a new calendar, click Add Holiday Calendar in the bottom left corner of Holiday Calendars.
Enter a calendar name, then enter days or dates that are holidays. Click Add Date to add more holidays to the calendar. Check the Repeats every year box for those days that are holidays every year. Click Save.
Alert states
Select Alert States from the Alert Settings gear icon to select alert states, which define the escalation paths that allow alerts to automatically progress from one state to another.
Select the alert states that will be available to new alerts. Click Save.
Alert state transitions
| Alert state description | Time left until state transition |
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| Goes to next state in X days | Greater than or equal to 48 hours |
| Goes to next state in Y hours | Greater than or equal to 2 hours and less than 48 hours |
| Goes to next state in 1 hour | Greater than or equal to 1 hour but less than 2 hours |
| Goes to next state in < 1 hour | Less than 1 hour |
