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# Alerting & notifications

> Set up comprehensive alerting for job success, failure, and performance monitoring

**Focus:** Learn how to configure intelligent alerting and notifications to stay informed about your job execution status and performance.

5X Jobs provides comprehensive alerting capabilities to keep you informed about job execution status, performance issues, and critical events. Set up notifications via email and Slack to ensure you never miss important job updates.

## Alerting overview

### **Why set up alerts?**

**Stay informed:**

* Immediate notification of job failures
* Success confirmations for critical workflows

**Proactive management:**

* Address issues before they impact business
* Monitor job health and reliability
* Track performance trends
* Ensure SLA compliance

**Team coordination:**

* Notify relevant team members
* Escalate critical failures
* Share success metrics
* Coordinate response efforts

## Setting up alerts

### **Creating job alerts**

Configure alerts for specific jobs:

1. Navigate to your job in the **Jobs** section
2. Click the **bell icon** or **"no alerts set"** indicator
3. Select **"Set alert"** to configure notifications
4. Choose alert types and notification channels

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/5x/TQB4cKAt-LB-irjl/images/jobs/jobs-alert-setup.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=TQB4cKAt-LB-irjl&q=85&s=4c4299e17ab332f5b5e8ecbb87908375" alt="Job Alert Setup Interface" style={{borderRadius: '12px', boxShadow: '0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)', width: '40%', maxWidth: '300px'}} width="716" height="1050" data-path="images/jobs/jobs-alert-setup.png" />

### **Alert configuration options**

**Alert types:**

* **Job failed** - Notify when job execution fails
* **Job success** - Confirm successful job completion

**Notification channels:**

* **Email** - Direct email notifications
* **Slack** - Channel or direct message notifications

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