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Documentation Learning paths First alert rule Contact point

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First alert rule

14 min

Milestone 1

Why alerting

1 min

Milestone 2

Install data sources

1 min

Milestone 3

Name your rule

1 min

Milestone 4

Build query

2 min

Milestone 5

Set condition

1 min

Milestone 6

Folder and labels

1 min

Milestone 7

Evaluation behavior

1 min

Milestone 8

Handling

1 min

Milestone 9

Contact point

1 min

Milestone 10

Save

1 min

Milestone 11

Complete

1 min

Select a contact point

A contact point is where notifications go, like email, Slack, or PagerDuty.

In this milestone, you select the contact point that receives notifications for this rule.

1. In the Configure notifications section, locate the Contact point picker. Select the contact point where you want alert notifications delivered.

   Notifications for firing alerts are routed to the selected contact point.

2. If you don’t have a contact point yet, click View or create contact points to create one.

   Choose the integration that matches your team’s workflow:

   Expand table

   Integration	Setup
   Email	Enter your email address — simplest option
   Slack	Provide a webhook URL for your channel
   PagerDuty	Add your routing key for on-call escalation
   Microsoft Teams	Provide a webhook URL for your team channel

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Handling

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Save

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