# How to create custom message info for monitors in Elastic?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-message-info-for-monitors-in-elastic/283456>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [September 6, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-message-info-for-monitors-in-elastic/283456 "2021-09-06T14:27:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maddyle0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Maddyle0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maddyle0)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-message-info-for-monitors-in-elastic/283456/1 "2021-09-06T14:27:26Z")

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Hello, I'm new to Elastic, I have configured the Email alerts for port violation monitor, but I getting emails with default Messages info, not Specific details about the alert. How can I edit the default template and add custom details like switch IP, port number, mac add violation, etc,, in the email?

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 ![action](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/8/f872c6813c2f81f0009648737f89b63f3299f9e4.png)

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**Author:** ![dosant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dosant/32/64489_2.png) [@dosant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dosant)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-message-info-for-monitors-in-elastic/283456/2 "2021-10-01T10:19:47Z")

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Hi 👋, welcome to our community!

Looking at the snap, this doesn't seem to look like Elastic's official Kibana alerting.

You can learn more about our alerting framework here: [Kibana Alerting: Alerts & Actions for Elasticsearch data | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/what-is/kibana-alerting) and [Alerting | Kibana Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/alerting-getting-started.html)

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**Author:** ![Maddyle0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Maddyle0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maddyle0)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-message-info-for-monitors-in-elastic/283456/3 "2021-10-20T07:28:01Z")

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Hi Anton, thanks for the information!

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**Author:** ![Maddyle0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Maddyle0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maddyle0)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-message-info-for-monitors-in-elastic/283456/4 "2021-10-22T08:46:31Z")

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We have an open distro for Elasticsearch and I don't see more options like the premium one.

Is there any KB article to refer to for configuring a customized alert trigger action template? Thanks in advance!

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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:** [November 19, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-custom-message-info-for-monitors-in-elastic/283456/5 "2021-11-19T08:47:24Z")

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