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title: "Configure the notification and save | Grafana Labs"
description: "Choose a contact point, add a Summary and Description, and save the alert 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 and save

When your alert fires, Grafana sends a notification to a contact point. The message includes a **Summary** and a **Description**.

This alert reports a **percentage**, so the Summary uses `printf "%.1f"` to format `$value` as a one-decimal number, and the Description names the ratio so the on-call reader knows what 5% means.

In this milestone, you choose the contact point, write the message, and save the rule.

1. In the **Configure notifications** section, open the **Contact point** picker and choose a contact point available on your stack.
2. In the **Summary** field (under **Configure notification message**), add:
   
   `QuickPizza error rate at {{ $value | printf "%.1f" }}% over the last 5 minutes`
   
   When the alert fires, `{{ $value }}` is replaced with the live percentage.
3. In the **Description** field, add:
   
   `Fires when the ratio of QuickPizza 5xx responses to total requests exceeds 5% over 5 minutes. Check recent deploys and the app dashboard first.`
4. Click **Save** in the action bar at the bottom of the page to save and activate your alert rule.

Your alert rule is saved and running. When the error rate holds above 5% past the pending period, the alert fires and notifications go to your contact point.