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Alerts

Use the Alerts page to search for, view, and delete alerts. These messages inform you of important issues related to your account and may be related to billing and payment, campaigns, opportunities, or editorial issues. You can review your alerts in the Dashboard page or set up your notification preferences to receive alerts via email.

Searching for Alerts

To search for an alert:

  1. Click the Dashboard tab. The Dashboard page opens.
  2. In the Alerts panel, click the View All link. The Alerts page opens.
  3. In the upper right corner of the table, click the calendar icon and enter a date range.
  4. Optionally, select an Alert Type to only return alerts of a particular type.
  5. Optionally, select a Priority to only return alerts of a particular priority.
  6. Optionally, search for alerts related to specific campaigns or ad groups.
    • To search for an alert through all campaigns in your account, leave the default setting of All Campaigns in the dropdown list.
    • To search for an alert through campaigns that contain specific text within the campaign name (for example, all campaigns containing Spring 2006 in the campaign name) leave the default setting of All Campaigns in the dropdown list, select Contains, and enter the specific text in the text field.
    • To search for an alert through all ad groups in your account, select All Ad Groups in the dropdown list.
    • To search for an alert through ad groups that begin with specific text in the ad group name (for example, all ad groups that begin with June) select All Ad Groups in the dropdown list, select Begins with, and enter the specific text in the text field.
  7. Click the Search button. The Alerts that meet your criteria are displayed in the Alerts table below.

Deleting Alerts

To delete an alert:

  1. Click the Dashboard tab. The Dashboard page opens.
  2. In the Alerts panel, click the View All link. The Alerts page opens.
  3. In the Alerts table, click the checkbox next to each alert that you would like to delete.
  4. Click the Delete button. The Delete Alerts dialog box opens.
  5. Click Yes to delete the selected alerts. The selected alerts will be permanently deleted from your account.

To learn about other types of user preferences, see:

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