# Alerts

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The “Alerts” section enables you to create real time Alerts so as to detect weak signals on Topics you are monitoring.

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You can create as many Alerts as you want, you have unlimited number of Alerts with Visibrain.
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### Create an Alert

*<mark style="background-color:green;">You have several options to create an Alert.</mark>*

**1 -** You can start creating an Alert through the [Explore Section](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/platform/explore) of the platform, by clicking on the “floppy disk” icon of your interface, then you can click on “create an alert”.

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Alerts are real time notifications whereas Reports are recurrent digests of your monitored Topics (more information about Reports by clicking [here](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/platform/reports)).
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**2 -** By clicking on the ALERTS tab of your platform, you can see all your alerts (active or inactive ones). You can also create a new one on this page.

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### 1 - Provide a title

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We advise you to give a very clear title (e.g. **Brand monitoring – Influencer detection**) so the recipients of the Alert can understand the purpose of this Alert.
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### 2 - Choose the recipients

You can add as many recipients as you want, including people who doesn’t have any access to Visibrain.

### 3 - Choose your trigger mode

You have the choice between 4 trigger modes to receive your Alerts:&#x20;

* [By mail](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/platform/alerts/email)
* [Slack](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/platform/alerts/slack)
* [Telegram](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/platform/alerts/telegram)&#x20;
* [SMS](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/platform/alerts/sms) (paid option)

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If you want to use another trigger mode, please make a request to your Account Manager.
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### 4 - Choose your Alert type

First of all, you have to choose a Topic or a Subtopic on which you need to set an Alert on.

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<mark style="background-color:green;">**You can choose between different Alert types:**</mark>

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### Abnormal Activity

You receive a notification as soon as the global volume of your Topic significantly increases. This Alert can be configured with a smart or a custom option.

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### Every Post

You receive a notification as soon as a new post has been published (including a new retweet). It is important to set this Alert up on a Topic with a very low volume to avoid being spammed. We advise you to use [filters](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/useful-documents/list-of-operators-to-add-filters) to focus on specific criteria. For example, you can focus on a specific account or keyword, or on specific communities (journalists, politics, influencers, etc.) to configure this Alert.

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### Every Article

You receive a notification as soon as a new article is shared on the selected social media.

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### Trending Item

You receive a notification as soon as a hashtag, a tweet or an article is going viral on your Topic. You have to choose the trigger threshold of the Alert according to your Topic.
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### Every post

You receive a notification as soon as a new post has been published on the selected Social Media. It is important to set this Alert up on a Topic with a very low volume to avoid being spammed. We advise you to use [filters](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/useful-documents/list-of-operators-to-add-filters) to focus on specific criteria. For example, you can focus on a specific account or keyword, or on posts reaching a specific engagement) to configure this Alert.

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You can determine trigger thresholds for your Alerts by using [filters](https://help.visibrain.com/~/revisions/Sg0jEnRI9hg61KE4OFRP/useful-documents/list-of-operators-to-add-filters#facebook-instagram-youtube-and-tiktok). E.g.: *likes:>1000*, *views:>10*, *comments:>5*, etc.
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<mark style="background-color:green;">**Snooze option**</mark>

The snooze option enables you to customise the days and hours at which you don't wish to receive an Alert. The option is turned off by default.

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We recommend you to use this option to pause an Alert outside of working hours for example or when you are not available.
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### 5 - Save an Alert

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## The ALERTS tab

This tab enables you to access all Alerts (active and inactive) created on your account. When the "State" is turned off (in grey) the Alert is inactive.&#x20;

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If you turn an Alert off, it will be turned off for every recipients of the Alert.
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## Modify an Alert already created

You can easily modify an Alert already created by directly clicking on the Alert or by clicking on "Action".

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## Focus on an e-mail address to find an Alert

You can easily find one or several Alerts with a specific recipient, by entering an e-mail address within the Search engine.

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