# Alerts The Monogoto platform provides an alerts engine with a set of trigger conditions and actions that can be applied to one or more Things Groups. An alert defines a specific metric that is monitored continuously by the system (e.g. data consumption, SMS usage, network availability etc.). When a Thing matches the defined alert, this triggers a set of predefined automatic actions. | **Alert Property** | **Description** | | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Active | Set the active or inactive status | | Alert Name | Specify the name of the alert | | Description | Provide a short description for the alert | | Metric | Specify an alert metric such as CellID Update; Data; IMEI Change; Last Usage; MO SMS, and MT SMS | | Trigger if | Specify the value to trigger the alert | | Tags | Assign the alert to specific tags | | Severity | Specify the level of severity: Info; Warning; Error; Critical | | Things group | Assign the alert to a Things Group | | Override/Multiple | Multiple- the alert event is being added to the fired alerts Override- old alerts are deleted when a new alerts pop (for the same sim and alert) | {% embed url="" %} Introduction to Alerts {% endembed %}