Skip to main contentFocus: Learn how to configure intelligent alerting and notifications to stay informed about your job execution status and performance.
5X Jobs provides comprehensive alerting capabilities to keep you informed about job execution status, performance issues, and critical events. Set up notifications via email and Slack to ensure you never miss important job updates.
Alerting overview
Why set up alerts?
Stay informed:
- Immediate notification of job failures
- Success confirmations for critical workflows
Proactive management:
- Address issues before they impact business
- Monitor job health and reliability
- Track performance trends
- Ensure SLA compliance
Team coordination:
- Notify relevant team members
- Escalate critical failures
- Share success metrics
- Coordinate response efforts
Setting up alerts
Creating job alerts
Configure alerts for specific jobs:
- Navigate to your job in the Jobs section
- Click the bell icon or “no alerts set” indicator
- Select “Set alert” to configure notifications
- Choose alert types and notification channels
Alert configuration options
Alert types:
- Job failed - Notify when job execution fails
- Job success - Confirm successful job completion
Notification channels:
- Email - Direct email notifications
- Slack - Channel or direct message notifications
