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Fire Alert Based on Stats

trever
Loves-to-Learn

I have a stats query that I would like to fire only when a new value for a field comes in. I have my alert set up like this:

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I can run the search in the alert and I see values, but the alert does not fire, what do I have set up wrong?

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jadengoho
Builder

is your Email server setup ?
Settings > Server Settings > Email Settings?

Also can all actions on the alert to monitor if it triggers on the Activity > Triggered activity

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trever
Loves-to-Learn

Yes my email server is set up.

It says "There are no fired events for this alert"

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trever
Loves-to-Learn

Activity > Triggered Alerts shows "No triggered alerts found"

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