# Alerts Tab
This section provides a comprehensive list of all configured detection rules, allowing users to search, edit, delete, or add new criteria for monitoring cost anomalies.
1. **Search Bar:** Allows you to filter the criteria list below by entering specific keywords.
2. **\[+ Add] Button:** Click this button to create and define a new criterion for detecting cost anomalies.
3. **Detailed Information Table:** This table displays the list of all configured criteria for detecting cost anomalies. You can manage each criterion using the **\[Edit]** button to modify its settings or the **\[Delete]** button to remove it.
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Adding new criteria" %}
In Adding New Criteria, you can configure the form where users define a new anomaly alert by selecting a cloud service, setting the analysis parameters, and configuring the alert delivery settings.
1. **Cloud Service:** Select the desired cloud service (AWS, Azure, or GCP) that this criterion will monitor.
2. In the Analyze section, follow the onscreen guides to set the detection criteria.:
* **Analysis Type:** Select the method for detection.
* **Manual:** Allows you to define specific rules, as detailed below.
* **AI:** Uses the system's AI algorithm to detect anomalies based on learned patterns.
* **Analyze by:** Select the dimension to group costs for analysis (Account, Product, or Region).
* **Period:** Select the analysis period for comparison (e.g., Last 3 days vs. 3 days before that).
* **Threshold:** Define the threshold that will trigger an alert. Set a specific Amount and the condition (e.g., Amount above or below expected spend).
3. In the **Send Alert** section, select the criteria for sending notifications and add people to receive them.
* **Status:** Set the rule to **Active** (to start monitoring) or **Inactive**.
* **Frequency:** Specify how often you want to receive anomaly alerts (Once a day or Once a week).
* **Options:** Select the alerts you want to receive.
* Send me alerts only for newly detected cost anomalies
* Send me alerts for all cost anomalies that have not yet been resolved (Allow duplicate alerts)
* **Recipients:** Enter up to 10 email addresses for the individuals or groups who should receive these alerts.
4. Click the **\[Save]** button at the bottom right to save and activate the new criterion.
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Editing criteria" %}
You can edit the previously added criteria.
1. In the detailed information table of the **Alerts** tab, click the **\[Edit]** button to the right of the criterion you want to edit.
2. Edit the criterion and click the **\[Save]** button at the bottom right to save the changes.
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Deleting criteria" %}
You can delete the previously added criteria.
1. In the detailed information table of the **Alerts** tab, click the **\[Delete]** button to the right of the criterion you want to delete.
2. When the Delete Alert message appears, click the **\[Delete]** button.
{% hint style="info" %}
**Caution**
If you delete a criteria, you cannot recover it. However, you can add it again.
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
---
# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation
If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.
Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:
```
GET https://docs.opsnow.io/opsnow-user-guide-v0.2/menu/anomalies/alerts-tab.md?ask=
```
The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.
Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.
