You can aggregate your alerts and then display them as a widget on a custom dashboard using a gauge-type metric (cx_alerts). When alert-to-metric is enabled, all alerts start to be accumulated into bucket. The number of triggered/resolved alerts is calculated per minute, creating a time series per every permutation.

## Enable alert aggregation

Alert aggregation is enabled per team. Keep in mind that alert metric is counted against your account's quota.

1.

Go to **Settings**, then **Preferences** and scroll down to the Alerts section.

2.

Toggle the switch On to enable alert aggregation.

## Add a metric widget

Add a widget to your custom dashboard to visualize alert aggregation.

1.

Create a new custom dashboard or open an existing one.

2.

Add a new widget to your dashboard.

3.

On the right-hand sidebar, use the **Source** drop-down box to select **Metrics** as your data source.

4.

Specify the `cx_alerts` metric or desired PromQL in the **Query** field. Use the following labels in conjunction with the metric:

- `alert_def_id`
- `alert_def_name`
- `alert_status`
- `cx_source` (always contains the `alerts` string as its value)
- `is_phantom`
- `alert_def_type`
- `alert_priority`
- `alert_def_label_*` (key value spread)
- `alert_def_group_by_*` (key value spread)

## Related resources

[Introduction to alerts](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/alerting/introduction-to-alerts/) [Incidents](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/alerting/incidents/) [Cases](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/cases/overview/)

## Next steps

Reduce false alerts caused by data pipeline delays with [Custom evaluation delay](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/alerting/custom-evaluation-delay/index.md).