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Configure and Launch the Alerts Module

The Alerts module lets you monitor and investigate alerts from the workspace as they are generated. The alert provides immediate knowledge about a problem occurring on the system. The Alerts module displays only current information.

As a security administrator, it is important to be aware of alerts as they happen. You create a dashboard named Alerts and add the Alerts module to that dashboard. Use this procedure to create a dashboard and configure the Alerts module.

By keeping an active Alerts module on your dashboard, you can see if the user tries to access the payroll data set.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the dashboard tab that contains the plus sign, click Create a Dashboard, enter a name, and click Add Dashboard.

   The dashboard name can be up to 21 characters. Character types include numerics (0 through 9), alpha (a to z) and (A to Z), underscores, and blank spaces.

2. Add the Alerts module to your customized dashboard.
3. Click the link to configure alerts.
4. Select Security from the Select Alert Source drop-down list, and click Save.

   The Security Alerts module appears on the customized dashboard.

You have created an alert to monitor the payroll data set. If the employee in question tries to gain access to the payroll data set, an alert appears in the Alert module for investigation.