Alerts/Monitors tags (#4605)

* Alerts/Monitors tags

* more edits

Author: kimsauce

docs/alerts/monitors/settings.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 id: settings
-title: Monitor Settings and Activity
+title: Monitor and Alert Settings
 sidebar_label: Monitor Settings
-description: Monitors continuously query your logs or metrics and send notifications when specific events occur, such as critical, warning, and missing data.
+description: Monitors continuously query your logs or metrics and send alert notifications when specific events occur, such as critical, warning, and missing data.
 ---
 
 import useBaseUrl from '@docusaurus/useBaseUrl';
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ The **Monitors** page allows you to view, create, manage, and organize your moni
 
 [**New UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui/). To access the Monitors page, in the main Sumo Logic menu select **Alerts > Monitors**. You can also click the **Go To...** menu at the top of the screen and select **Monitors**.
 
-
 The page displays the following information:
 * **Name**. Name of the monitor.
 * **Status**. A monitor is considered **Normal** when none of the trigger conditions are met and your data is actively being monitored.
@@ -89,54 +88,36 @@ Note that the same threshold translating functionality supports to [Creating Mon
 
 ## Tags
 
-Tagging monitors and alerts can help you categorize, search, filter, and correlate data. These tags are key/value pairs that allow you to apply additional metadata to your monitors and alerts beyond their names and descriptions. Example tag: `team=alerting`, where key is `team` and value is `alerting`.
-
-### Create a tag
+Tags allow you to categorize, search, filter, and correlate your monitors and alerts more effectively. They are key/value pairs that add metadata beyond the basic name and description of your monitors and alerts. Example tag: `team=alerting`, where the key is `team` and the value is `alerting`.
 
-To add a tag while creating a new monitor, see [Create a Monitor > Monitor details](/docs/alerts/monitors/create-monitor/#step-5-monitor-details).
+### Creating tags
 
-To add a tag to an existing monitor:
+You can create and use tags at different stages:
 
-1. [**Classic UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui-classic). In the main Sumo Logic menu, select **Manage Data > Monitoring > Monitors**. <br/>[**New UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui). In the main Sumo Logic menu, select **Alerts > Monitors**. You can also click the **Go To...** menu at the top of the screen and select **Monitors**.
-1. Double-click on any monitor in your list.
-1. In the side panel, click **Edit**.
-1. Under the **Monitor details** step, create a tag using the `key=value` format.
-1. Click **Save**.
+#### Adding tags while creating a monitor
 
-### Syntax
+When setting up a new monitor, follow the steps in the [Monitor Details](/docs/alerts/monitors/create-monitor/#step-5-monitor-details) section to add tags in the `key=value` format.
 
-- Tag keys cannot start with the prefixes `sumo.` or `_`
-- Tag keys must only contain letters, numbers, and/or the symbols `_`, `.`, `/`, `+`, `-`, `@`
-- Tag values can only contain letters, white spaces, numbers, and/or the symbols `_`, `.`, `/`, `=`, `+`, `-`, `@`
-- You can associate a maximum of 50 tags per monitor
-
-### Using tags
-
-:::note
-After you create a tag from a Monitor, it will appear on future alerts triggered by that monitor. Tags are not retroactively applied to past alerts.
-:::
+#### Adding tags to existing monitors
 
-#### From the Monitors page
+You can also add tags to monitors that are already created.
 
-To view tags from your Monitors page:
-
-1. [**Classic UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui-classic). In the main Sumo Logic menu, select **Manage Data > Monitoring > Monitors**. <br/>[**New UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui). In the main Sumo Logic menu, select **Alerts > Monitors**. You can also click the **Go To...** menu at the top of the screen and select **Monitors**.
-1. You'll see a **Tags** column, and you can filter by tags at the top.<br/><img src={useBaseUrl('img/alerts/monitors-tags.png')} alt="Monitors page showing a column labeled 'Tags' next to alert details" style={{border: '1px solid gray'}} width="800" />
-
-
-#### From the Alert List page
-
-To view tags from your Alert List:
-
-1. [**Classic UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui-classic). Navigate to the **Alerts** section by clicking the notification bell icon at the top of your Sumo Logic dashboard.<br/> [**New UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui). In the main Sumo Logic menu, select **Alerts > Alert List**. You can also click the **Go To...** menu at the top of the screen and select **Alert List**.
-1. You'll see a **Tags** column, and you can filter by tags at the top.<br/><img src={useBaseUrl('img/alerts/alerts-list-tags.png')} alt="Alerts list page showing a column labeled 'Tags' next to alert details" style={{border: '1px solid gray'}} width="800" />
+1. [**Classic UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui-classic). In the main Sumo Logic menu, select **Manage Data > Monitoring > Monitors**. [**New UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui). Go to **Alerts > Monitors** from the main menu, or use the **Go To...** menu at the top of the screen to navigate to **Monitors**.
+1. Select a monitor from the list and double-click on it.
+1. In the side panel, click **Edit**.
+1. Under the **Monitor details** step, create a tag using the `key=value` format, following these syntax rules:
+   - Tag keys cannot start with the prefixes `sumo.` or `_`
+   - Tag keys can only contain letters, numbers, and/or the symbols `_`, `.`, `/`, `+`, `-`, `@`
+   - Tag values can only contain letters, white spaces, numbers, and/or the symbols `_`, `.`, `/`, `=`, `+`, `-`, `@`
+   - A maximum of 50 tags can be associated with each monitor.
+1. Click **Save**.
 
-#### From Alert Response pages
+### Using tags in alerts
 
-You can also see your tags on Alert Response pages:
+After you’ve created tags for a monitor, these tags will be applied to future alerts generated by the monitor. You can view and use tags in different places:
 
-1. Click on any alert from your **Alerts List** page (like those shown in the previous screenshot).
-1. Go to the **Tags** section.<br/><img src={useBaseUrl('img/alerts/alert-response-tags.png')} alt="Alert Response page displaying graphs with tags shown in the tags section" style={{border: '1px solid gray'}} width="800" />
+* **Alert List**. [**Classic UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui-classic). Navigate to the **Alerts** section by clicking the notification bell icon at the top of your Sumo Logic dashboard. [**New UI**](/docs/get-started/sumo-logic-ui). Select **Alerts > Alert List** or click the **Go To...** menu at the top of the screen and select **Alert List**. You'll see a **Tags** column, and you can filter by tags at the top.<br/><img src={useBaseUrl('img/alerts/alerts-list-tags.png')} alt="Alerts list page showing a column labeled 'Tags' next to alert details" style={{border: '1px solid gray'}} width="800" />
+* **Alert Response**. Click on any alert in your **Alerts List** page to see more details, including tags in the **Tags** section.<br/><img src={useBaseUrl('img/alerts/alert-response-tags.png')} alt="Alert Response page displaying graphs with tags shown in the tags section" style={{border: '1px solid gray'}} width="800" />
 
 
 ## Monitor folder permissions