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title: "Alerts"
slug: "alerts"
updated: 2024-12-03T11:04:06Z
published: 2024-12-03T11:04:06Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/alerts"
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# Alerts

### General

Alerts can be used to check certain conditions within the data model of a [Datasource](/release35/docs/introduction-to-datasources) on a regular basis and - when the condition is fulfill - send an alert e-mail to a [User](/release35/docs/users).

          
          

> Example: A [User](/release35/docs/users) wants the total revenue of the previous day to be checked every day at 9AM, and - if the total revenue is below a certain threshold - receive an e-mail.

          NOTE

          

The same functionality could be achieved using [Tasks](/release35/docs/tasks) but alerts provide a simpler way to do it and [User](/release35/docs/users) can manage alerts themselves in the [Hub](/release35/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-hub) or with the [Qlik Sense Extension](/release35/docs/introduction-to-qlik-sense-extension).

### Properties

Every alert has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of the alert. This name will be used in the e-mail that is sent to the [User](/release35/docs/users) if the alert is triggered. |
| User | The [User](/release35/docs/users) to be notified by e-mail in case the alert is triggered. |
| Datasource | The [Datasource](/release35/docs/introduction-to-datasources) in which the alert condition shall be checked. |
| Cycle Over Field | When the option is disabled, the alert condition will be evaluated once after the filters (see below) have been applied. If the alert condition is fulfilled, an e-mail will be sent to the [User](/release35/docs/users). When the option is enabled, you can select a field of the [Datasource](/release35/docs/introduction-to-datasources); the alert condition will be evaluated for every value of that field within the data model. If the alert condition is fulfilled for at least one of the values, an e-mail will be sent to the [User](/release35/docs/users) that contains a list of all values of that field for which the alert condition was fulfilled. |
| Cycle Field Name | The name of the [Datasource](/release35/docs/introduction-to-datasources) field to cycle over when checking the alert condition. This property is only applicable if the property is *Cycle Over Field* is enabled. |
| Condition Code | A native [Datasource](/release35/docs/introduction-to-datasources) expression that contains a condition; if the condition is fulfilled, the alert will be triggered. |
| Filters | An optional list of one or more filters that will be applied before the alert condition will be evaluated. Every filter has a *Field* property that contains the [Datasource](/release35/docs/introduction-to-datasources) field to be filtered and one or more Values to which the filter shall be set. If a filter value starts with an equals sign (=) you can use an expression native to the type of [Datasource](/release35/docs/introduction-to-datasources) from which the object is extracted (e.g. if you extract an object from a [Qlik Sense Datasource,](/release35/docs/introduction-to-qliksense) you can use the filter value *=year(today()*) to filter to the current year). |
| Execution Plan | The [Execution Plan](/release35/docs/execution-plans) that determines how often the alert condition will be checked. An additional property *Silence Period* can be used to define the time for which the alert will be silenced once it has been triggered. |