# Add and manage APM alert for multiple services

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-and-manage-apm-alert-for-multiple-services/278178>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** ui\
**Created:** [July 8, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-and-manage-apm-alert-for-multiple-services/278178 "2021-07-08T11:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr-perseus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mr-perseus/32/91340_2.png) [@mr-perseus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mr-perseus)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-and-manage-apm-alert-for-multiple-services/278178/1 "2021-07-08T11:10:02Z")

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I was following this documentation: [Alerts | Kibana Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/apm-alerts.html)

How is it possible to create alerts for multiple services (but not for every service)? Or is it possible to group them somehow? I tried to set the tag to "service.name:xyz\*" for all services starting with xyz, but that didn't work.

Also, in the "Alerts and Actions" settings, you cannot edit alerts.

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**Author:** ![sqren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sqren/32/26110_2.png) [@sqren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sqren)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-and-manage-apm-alert-for-multiple-services/278178/2 "2021-07-08T11:51:17Z")

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Hi there,

It's not possible to create a single alert for multiple services without it being all. This is a good suggestion though. Please [create a new issue](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new?assignees=&labels=Team%3Aapm&template=APM.md&title=%5BAPM%5D) with this enhancement request.

> Also, in the "Alerts and Actions" settings, you cannot edit alerts.

This is something we are planning to fix. Please follow this issue: [[APM] Add ability to edit APM alerts · Issue #76316 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/76316)

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**Author:** ![mr-perseus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mr-perseus/32/91340_2.png) [@mr-perseus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mr-perseus)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-and-manage-apm-alert-for-multiple-services/278178/3 "2021-07-08T14:49:12Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply. I created an issue on GitHub: [[APM] Create and manage alerts for multiple services · Issue #104886 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/104886)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-and-manage-apm-alert-for-multiple-services/278178/4 "2021-07-29T10:49:35Z")

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