Series: Manage alerts

You can create alert rules that notify you when a metric enters or leaves a defined range. You can apply alert rules to agents or queues. Depending on your organization, select from the legacy or real-time alert system.

The alerts you set on this Alert Rule page are specific to you and do not appear at the organizational level. 

To create an alert rule, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Performance > Workspace > Other > Alert Rules.
2. In the Alert Rules workspace, click Add .
3. In the Add New Alert Rule side bar, perform these steps:
   1. In the Name field, enter the rule name.
   2. In the Type list, select the required rule type:
      • To set conversation rules, select the conversation metric rule.
      • To set user-specific rules, select the presence metric rule.
      • To set out of adherence rules based on duration, select the employee engagement metric rule.
        Note: You cannot change the rule type past this section.
4. Click Add. The Configure Alert Rule page opens. The rule name and the rule type details are displayed in the top section of the screen.
5. In the Definition section, do the following:
   1. In the Type list, select the required type:
      • To send out alerts when all conditions are met, select and.
      • To send out alerts when either all or few conditions are met, select or.
   2. Select the required definition type:
      • To set an alert by user, select User.
      • To set an alert by queue, select Queue.
        Note: The Queue definition type does not apply to the employee engagement metric rule type.
      • To set an alert for any user within a work team, select Work Team.
        Note: It can take up to 24 hours for the work team alert to take effect after you add or remove a user to or from the work team.
   3. Depending on your selection in the preceding field, type the name or perform a search for the user or queue by clicking the magnifying glass icon.
   4. Select the required media type.
      Note: The media type does not apply to the employee engagement metric rule type.
   5. Select the required user or queue metric. For more information about agents, queues, and presence metrics, see Real time agent, queue, and presence metrics.
   6. Select the required condition. 
   7. Enter the threshold number in seconds. If you have selected hold as the value in step e, then this field indicates the number of counts you want to be on hold.
      Note: To create an alert if there are no agents on a queue or if the number of agents limit on a queue exceeds or falls below a preset threshold:

      1. Create a presence metric-based alert rule.
      2. Select Queue as the definition type.
      3. Select the required agent as a count-based metric.
      4. Select any agent status and the required condition. For more information about agents, queues, and presence metrics, see Real time agent, queue, and presence metrics.
      5. Enter the threshold and click Save.

6. (Optional) Click Add condition set to set out a combination of conditions to the alert rule. You can have two or multiple sets of combinations of conditions. Use the Remove button to remove the condition at any point. 
   Note: You can set up to 50 entities per rule when defining a condition set. Based on the single conversation, presence, or employee engagement metrics, the alert rules trigger at the moment any conversation or specific agent meets the preset condition. You can set only one condition for an alert rule, so you do not see the Add Condition or Add Condition Set options. 
7. In the Notifications section, do the following:
   1. In the Send SMS to field, enter single or multiple names of users to send SMS alerts.
   2. In the Send email to field, enter single or multiple email addresses of users to send email alerts.
      Note: You can use the magnifying glass icon to perform a search for the names of the users. The group messaging or texting option is unavailable and you have to manually enter each name to assign a group alert. The numbers and email addresses of users are stored in the database and used automatically when you enter the user name. To configure email and SMS contact information, see Set your contact options.
   3. In the Send in-app notification to field, enter single or multiple names of users to send in-app toast notifications. 
      Note: The users must have alerting:alert:view permission to see the toast notification.
   4. In the Notification language list, choose the required language.
   5. In the When this alert triggers, how often, in minutes, should notifications be sent? field, enter the number to indicate the time interval in which the alerts trigger.
      Note: This setting applies only to the in-app toast notifications since re-notifications are sent only as in-app toast notifications. Other notifications sent via email/SMS are triggered only when any of the following conditions are met:

      • When an alert goes into an active state.
      • When an alert goes back to normal (only if the Send notification when exiting alarm check box is enabled).

   6. To send an alert notification when the alert condition is no longer met, select Send notification when exiting alarm check box.
8. Click Save.