4.2 Configure Grafana Dashboard Alerts What Dashboard alerts notify you when a graph crosses a condition you define. Alerts are available only for visualizations of type Graph. When/Why Use an existing custom dashboard graph as the data source for an alert. How Open the graph's drop-down menu and select Edit: Select the Notification icon and configure the alert condition. In this example, the alert triggers when the total device count exceeds 20. Add a message that tells recipients what crossed the threshold and what they should check next.