Working with the Alert Builder

Alert Builder lets you manage alerts for specific datasets. This section shows you how to define, build, and set dataset run and job status alerts for your dataset.

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No.	Component	Description
	All Alerts	Click All Alerts to view all of the dataset alerts configured in your Collibra DQ environment. The paginated All Alerts table includes alert details, including: Dataset The name of the dataset with an alert configured. Alert Name The user-defined name of the dataset alert. Condition The condition of the dataset alert that must be satisfied for the alert to trigger. Format The alert type, for example, EMAIL. Format Value The alert recipient, for example, an EMAIL format would have a Format Value of [email protected]. You can also scroll to the far right of the table and optionally click to delete a dataset alert.
	Add Alert	Optionally click Add Alert + to create a new alert for when a job run of your dataset meets a certain condition or status.
	Metadata bar	A dataset anchor that empowers you with the ability to access crucial data quality components related to your dataset, such as its Findings, Profile, and associated rules and alerts.
	Alerts and Rules tabs	Alerts (default tab) Shows the alert overview table containing details about the alerts configured for your dataset. Rules Shows the rule overview table containing details about rules configured against your dataset. You can configure alerts to send to recipients when a dataset run satisfies the condition of the rule.
	Overview table	Depending on whether the Alerts or Rules tab is selected, this is an overview table of the alerts or rules configured for your dataset. See the Managing Alerts and Alerts for Rules section below for more details.

Managing Alerts and Alerts for Rules

You can manage existing alerts and configure alerts for rules from the following pages.

Alerts
Rules

Tip To sort a column, click the icons next to the column header.

Column	Description
Alert Name	The name of the alert for the selected dataset.
Dataset	The name of the selected dataset.
Condition	The condition configured for the alert.
Alert Recipient	the email address of the recipient of the alert email.
Msg	A custom message pertaining to the alert.
Batch Name	The name of the batch alert, if applicable. This is a group name for a set of email addresses of alert recipients. You can search for and select an existing batch name to quickly apply frequently used email recipient groups to an alert.
Valid	The validity of the alert. If the alert is valid, a check mark displays in this column.
Active	Shows whether the alert is active for future runs of the dataset. Click the icon to activate or deactivate the alert. shows that the alert is active. shows that the alert is inactive.
Action	Click Actions and then select one of the following options from the dropdown menu: Edit Modify the values of the selected alert. Delete Delete the selected alert.

Tip To sort a column, click the icons next to the column header.

Column	Description
Rule Name	The name of the rule. Note Rule names are subject to Spark naming conventions, which generally only allows letters, numbers, and underscores (_)in names. If your rule name contains hyphens, you can enclose it with backticks (`) to ensure that the alert works correctly. However, rule names that contain unsupported characters may result in alert delivery failure. For more information about Spark naming conventions, see the official Spark documentation .
Dataset	The name of the selected dataset.
Value	The SQL condition of your rule.
Points	The number of points that Collibra DQ deducts from your data quality score when data breaches the conditions of your rule.
%	If you do not customize this value on the Rule Details modal, Collibra DQ uses the default value of 1.
Valid	Shows whether your rule passes rule validation. Shows that your rule passes validation. Shows that your rule does not pass validation.
Type	The type of rule, for example, SQLF.
Action	Click Create Alert + to create a new alert for the dataset. After you configure an alert for a rule, you can access it from the Alerts tab.