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title: "Configure the notification message and save | Grafana Labs"
description: "Add a Summary and Description, then save and activate the rule."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Configure the notification message and save

When your alert fires, the notification includes a **Summary** and a **Description**. In this milestone, you complete both, then save the rule.

1. Confirm the rule name is **QuickPizza server errors**. If the QuickPizza install refreshed the form, enter it again.
2. In the **Summary** field, add this notification:
   
   `QuickPizza returned {{ $value }} server errors in the last 5 minutes`
   
   When the alert fires, {{ $value }} is replaced with the live query result.
3. In the **Description** field, add this text:
   
   `Fires when the 5-minute rate of QuickPizza HTTP 5xx responses stays above the threshold. Check the app dashboard and recent deploys first.`
   
   Use the description to explain what the alert watches and where to start looking.
4. Confirm the rule has a name, metric query, and contact point. Fix validation errors, then click **Save**.

Your alert rule is saved. If its contact point has a working destination, notifications can be delivered when the condition holds past the pending period. The **empty** contact point does not send notifications.

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