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This article explains how to create an Alert in Monita. Alerts are used to create notifications which can alert you when specific scenarios occur over a set period. Below are the Alert types available per system.
Alert TypeGoogle Tag Manager Container MonitoringGlobal Monitoring (Adobe/Tealium/GTM/Any JS)
Volume ThresholdTag Volume Threshold (does not fire): Alerts you when there are zero successful fires for a particular tag over a periodVolume Threshold (does not fire): Alerts you when there are zero successful executions for a particular Alert over a period.
Volume ChangeTag Volume Change - Success:
Increase/Decrease in the volume of Successful fires of a particular tag Tag Volume Change - Failure:
Increase/Decrease in the volume of Failures of a particular tag (failures are caused by either Javascript errors, timeouts or exceptions on your page.) This is only applicable for certain tags which support exception handling (predominantly Google tags).		Volume change
Allows you to be alerted when the volume of Alert executions is greater than or less than the value you set, as a percentage over two consecutive periods. Eg Hour on Hour, Day on Day or Week on Week.
Volume Anomaly (ML)ML Tag Volume Anomalies: Alerts you if there are anomalous spikes or drops in the volume of a tagVolume Anomalies (ML): Alerts you if there are anomalous spikes or drops in the volume of a tag
Data ValidationData Validation: Alerts you when conditions you have set are met for a specified tag variable.Data Validation: Alerts you when your data validation conditions are met. This can also be run in realtime for Global Monitoring customers.