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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Sentry Alerts and Dashboards |
| 3 | +sidebar_title: Alerts and Dashboards |
| 4 | +description: "An easy onboarding guide for Sentry." |
| 5 | +sidebar_order: 6000 |
| 6 | +--- |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +By the end of this guide you'll be able to create and customize Sentry alerts and dashboards to monitor key metrics, track issue trends, and gain real-time insights in to your application performance. If you get stuck anywhere, try [asking Sentry AI](https://sentry.zendesk.com/hc/en-us?askAI=true) or join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/sentry) community. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## 1. Alerting Strategy |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +Now that you've integrated with Slack and have added your members and teams, it's time to create [Sentry alerts](/product/alerts/best-practices/) to ensure real-time issue detection, enabling faster debugging and reducing downtime. Configuring alerts using specific thresholds or conditions helps prioritize problems, improving system reliability and incident response time. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +### Alert Recommendations |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +- **Error Alert (High-Frequency)** - Triggers when a new or existing production issue suddenly spikes in frequency. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +<Arcade src="https://demo.arcade.software/YaLyaOnchFhnNgnnegdx?embed" /> |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +- **Performance Alert** - Detects and alerts for specific performance metrics when they exceed a specified threshold. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +<Arcade src="https://demo.arcade.software/OKhoLV2GUeP1xHQIDAbM?embed" /> |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +- **Crash Rate Alert** - Monitors application stability by tracking the percentage of users experiencing crashes within a given time frame. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +<Arcade src="https://demo.arcade.software/r2YOeIh3sj9Lzmc3vBmj?embed" /> |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +- **Anomaly Detection** - Sentry can simplify your alerting needs by automatically detecting anomalies and proactively alerting you. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +<Arcade src="https://demo.arcade.software/lkvlGb3Cxh4ZwvEbfM0X?embed" /> |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +You can also create metric alerts for all you custom-instrumented transactions/spans based on key performance indicators such as [throughput](/product/alerts/alert-types/#performance). |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +<Arcade src="https://demo.arcade.software/Ij5ofpPdcu6i71HPdKX2?embed" /> |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +## 2. Sentry Dashboards and Discover |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Setting up Sentry dashboards is crucial for speeding up triage and offering a real-time view of critical issues, trends, and performance in your app. If an irregularity is observed, Sentry dashboards allow users to jump directly into troubleshooting with a few clicks. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +### Recommended Dashboards |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +1. **Error Overview Dashboard** - Provides a high-level view of application health, showing you error trends, most frequent issues, and spikes in error occurrences. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +2. **Performance Monitoring Dashboard** - Tracks transaction durations, slow API calls, and database query performance to identify bottlenecks. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +3. **Mobile Crash Rate and Release Health Dashboard** - Monitors application stability and release impact by tracking crash rates across different versions. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +4. **Critical Experience Dashboard** - Tracks errors or performance bottlenecks in your application's critical experiences. [See an example](https://sandbox.sentry.io/dashboard/126679/). |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Congratulations on completing the Sentry onboarding guide! You now have the foundation to make the most out of Sentry. Here are some highlights on what you've implemented: |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +- **Projects and Integrations**: Connect your projects and integrate with your tools to track errors and performance. |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +- **Team Members**: Invite teammates and manage permissions for better collaboration. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +- Adding Custom Context and performance instrumentation. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +- **Alerts**: Set up custom alerts to say on top of critical issues. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +- **Dashboards**: Create custom dashboards for quick project insights. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +- **Filtering and Grouping**: Organize and group issues for easy racking. |
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