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### Editing an Alert

##### Security Requirements and Controls

- `Change triggers and actions` permission

Existing alerts can be edited or modified, but there are some differences and limitations. See Figure 113, “Editing a Standard Alert”.

An example of editing a filter alert can be seen in Figure 112, “Editing a Filter Alert”

Editing a Filter Alert

Figure 112. Editing a Filter Alert

Editing a Standard Alert

Figure 113. Editing a Standard Alert

> Alert Notification

> If an error has occurred when executing the alert, the top of the page will contain the error message with additional detail on the issue:

The `Edit alert` page is slightly different from the Creating Alerts page.

- Alert status

  The alert status is shown, including the current alert type. The display will also show the last time the alert was successfully triggered.

- Cannot be modified

  You cannot modify the filter type, i.e. you cannot switch between Standard and Filter alerts.

  To recreate an alert as a different type, you will need to copy the query to a new alert.

- Can be modified

  The alert name, description and labels can be modified.

  The alert can be enabled or disabled.

  The query can be altered. If the query is modified, then the existing query for the alert will be terminated before the new query is executed.

  The list of actions triggered when the query matches can also be altered. Any actions being executed when the alert is updated will be completed, and the new list of configured actions will be triggered when the alert triggers again.

Saving the alert will create, and if necessary restart, the alert query.

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