> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.elementary-data.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart: Setup alerts

**Elementary helps you stay on top of data issues by generating Slack and Microsoft Teams alerts for test failures, anomalies, and other data reliability signals.**

Elementary can send alerts about:

* Failures and/or warnings of dbt tests
* Failures and/or warnings Elementary tests
* Model runs failures
* Source freshness failures

You can enrich your alerts by adding properties to tests and models in your `.yml` files.
The supported attributes are: owner, subscribers, description, tags.

You can configure and customize your alerts by configuring:
Custom channel, suppression interval, alert filters, etc.

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## Alert configuration

Elementary alerts can be enriched with metadata such as owners, tags, and descriptions, and offer flexible configuration options to fit your team's needs. Learn more about alert configuration [here](/oss/guides/alerts/alerts-configuration).

To alert on source freshness, see [this guide](/oss/guides/collect-dbt-source-freshness).