Alert lists allow you to display a list of important alerts that you want to track. You can configure the alert list to show the current state of your alert, such as firing, pending, or normal. Learn more about alerts in [Grafana Alerting overview](ref:grafana-alerting-overview).
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On each dashboard load, this visualization queries the alert list, always providing the most up-to-date results.
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## Configure an alert list
Once you’ve created a [dashboard](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/dashboards/build-dashboards/create-dashboard/), the following video shows you how to configure an alert list visualization:
Once you’ve [created a dashboard](ref:create-dashboard), the following video shows you how to configure an alert list visualization:
Choose between **List** to display alerts in a detailed list format with comprehensive information, or **Stat** to show alerts as a summarized single-value statistic.
### Options
### Group mode
Use the following options to refine your alert list visualization.
Choose between **Default grouping** to show alert instances grouped by their alert rule, or **Custom grouping** to show alert instances grouped by a custom set of labels.
| View mode | Choose between **List** to display alerts in a detailed list format with comprehensive information, or **Stat** to show alerts as a summarized single-value statistic. |
| Group mode | Choose between **Default grouping** to show alert instances grouped by their alert rule, or **Custom grouping** to show alert instances grouped by a custom set of labels. |
| Max items | Sets the maximum number of alerts to list. By default, Grafana sets this value to 10. |
| [Sort order](#sort-order) | Select how to order the alerts displayed. |
| Alerts linked to this dashboard | Toggle the switch on to only show alerts from the dashboard the alert list is in. |
Sets the maximum number of alerts to list. By default, Grafana sets this value to 10.
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### Sort order
#### Sort order
Select how to order the alerts displayed. Choose from:
- **Importance** - By importance according to the following values, with 1 being the highest:
- alerting: 1
- firing: 1
- no_data: 2
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- ok: 4
- paused: 5
- inactive: 5
- **Time (asc) -** Newest active alert instances first.
- **Time (desc) -** Oldest active alert instances first.
- **Time (asc)** - Newest active alert instances first.
- **Time (desc)** - Oldest active alert instances first.
### Alerts linked to this dashboard
Toggle the switch on to only show alerts from the dashboard the alert list is in.
## Filter
### Filter options
These options allow you to limit alerts shown to only those that match the query, folder, or tags you choose.
### Alert name
Filter alerts by name.
### Alert instance label
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Filter alert instances using [label](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/annotation-label/) querying. For example,`{severity="critical", instance=~"cluster-us-.+"}`.