| Integration Key | Integration key for PagerDuty |
| Severity | Level for dynamic notifications, default is `critical` |
| Custom Details | Additional details about the event |
## Before you begin
The `CustomDetails` field is an object containing arbitrary key-value pairs. The user-defined details are merged with the ones we use by default.
To set up PagerDuty for integration with Grafana Alerting, you need to create a [PagerDuty](https://www.pagerduty.com/) account. There are several set up steps to perform within PagerDuty before you set up the integration in Grafana Alerting.
1. In the Default policy, click the ellipsis icon (…) and then **Edit**.
1. Change the default policy to the contact point you created.
1. Click **Update default policy**.
{{<admonitiontype="note">}} If you have more than one contact point, add a new notification policy rather than edit the default one, so you can route specific alerts to PagerDuty. {{</admonition>}}