Alert groups

This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x.

For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see Working in Grafana version 10.

For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x, see Working in Grafana version 9.

Alert groups show grouped alerts from an Alertmanager instance. By default, the alerts are grouped by the label keys for the root policy in Working with notification policies. Grouping common alerts into a single alert group prevents duplicate alerts from being initiated.

To view alert groupings

1. From your Grafana console, in the Grafana menu, choose the Alerting (bell) icon, then the Alert grouping item to open the page listing existing groups.

2. From the Alertmanager drop-down, select an external Alertmanager as your data source. By default, the Grafana Alertmanager is selected.

3. From the custom group by drop-down, select a combination of labels to view a grouping other than the default. You can use this view to debug or verify your grouping of notification policies.

Alerts without labels specified in the grouping of the root policy or the custom grouping, are added to a group with a header of No grouping.

Filter alerts

You can use the following filters to view alerts that match specific criteria:

• Search by label – In Search, enter an existing label to view alerts matching the label. For example, environment=production, region=~US|EU, severity!=warning.

• Filter alerts by state – In States, select from Active, Suppressed, or Unprocessed states to view alerts in that state.