Alerting

What does the Add to Triggered Alerts action do for an alert?

danielbb
Motivator

What does Add to Triggered Alerts do for an alert? I set my alert to Send email and then I get the emails. So I wonder what Add to Triggered Alerts does and when I might need it.

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kmorris_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

This causes the alert to show up in Splunk, in the upper right under the Activity...Triggered Alerts.

danielbb
Motivator

Great, and if I don't check it the alert won't appear in the _audit index, right?

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danielbb
Motivator

And now it shows in _audit...

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