# Alerts Requests

> Orchestrator integrates with Notification Service and uses the Automation Cloud Alerts framework. As a result, most alert operations, such as listing alerts and marking them as read, are exposed through the Automation Cloud Alerts API rather than a dedicated Orchestrator API.

Orchestrator integrates with Notification Service and uses the Automation Cloud Alerts framework. As a result, most alert operations, such as listing alerts and marking them as read, are exposed through the Automation Cloud Alerts API rather than a dedicated Orchestrator API.

For details, check the [Alerts](https://docs.uipath.com/automation-cloud/automation-cloud/latest/api-guide/alerts) section in the Automation Cloud API guide.

Orchestrator does expose a dedicated endpoint for raising process alerts.

## Raising a process alert

The following request enables you to create a process alert tied to a specific process and robot, with a chosen severity.

POST

`{AutomationCloudURL}/{organizationName}/{tenantName}/orchestrator_/odata/Alerts/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.RaiseProcessAlert`

### Required permissions

`Alerts.Create`

### Request headers

| Key | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Authorization | Bearer |
| X-UIPATH-OrganizationUnitId | Folder Id |
| X-UIPATH-JobKey | Job Key |

### Request body

```
{
    "processAlert": {
        "Message": "The invoice processing job stopped unexpectedly.",
        "Severity": "Error",
        "ProcessName": "InvoiceProcessing",
        "RobotName": "FinanceBot01"
    }
}
```

### Request body parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `processAlert.Message` | String | Yes | The alert message. Maximum 512 characters. |
| `processAlert.Severity` | Enum | Yes | The severity level of the alert: `Info`, `Success`, `Warn`, `Error`, `Fatal`. |
| `processAlert.RobotName` | String | Yes | The name of the robot that executed the process. Maximum 512 characters. |
| `processAlert.ProcessName` | String | Yes | The name of the process that generated the alert. Maximum 512 characters. |

### Response code

200 OK