# Get a single dashboard alert

Retrieves a single alert by its ID, scoped to a specific dashboard chart.

[endpoint]
base_url = "https://telemetry.betterstack.com"
path = "/api/v2/dashboards/{dashboard_id}/charts/{chart_id}/alerts/{id}"
method = "GET"

[[path_param]]
name = "dashboard_id"
description = "The unique identifier of the dashboard."
required = true
type = "integer"

[[path_param]]
name = "chart_id"
description = "The unique identifier of the chart."
required = true
type = "integer"

[[path_param]]
name = "id"
description = "The unique identifier of the alert."
required = true
type = "integer"

[[header]]
name = "Authorization"
description = "Bearer `$TOKEN`"
required = true
type = "string"
[/endpoint]

[responses]
[[response]]
status = 200
description = "The details of the specified alert."
body = '''
[code-tabs]
```json
[label Threshold alert]
{
  "data": {
    "id": "12345",
    "type": "alert",
    "attributes": {
      "dashboard_id": 123,
      "chart_id": 456,
      "name": "High Error Rate",
      "alert_type": "threshold",
      "operator": "higher_than",
      "value": 100.0,
      "string_value": null,
      "check_period": 300,
      "query_period": 600,
      "confirmation_period": 120,
      "recovery_period": 60,
      "aggregation_interval": 300,
      "series_names": [],
      "source_variable": null,
      "source_mode": "source_variable",
      "source_platforms": [],
      "incident_cause": "Error rate exceeded {{value}}",
      "incident_per_series": false,
      "call": true,
      "sms": false,
      "email": true,
      "push": true,
      "critical_alert": false,
      "paused": false,
      "paused_reason": null,
      "escalation_target": "current_team",
      "metadata": {
        "runbook": "https://wiki.example.com/runbook",
        "env": "production"
      },
      "created_at": "2026-03-25T10:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-03-25T10:00:00.000Z"
    }
  }
}
```
```json
[label Anomaly alert]
{
  "data": {
    "id": "12346",
    "type": "alert",
    "attributes": {
      "dashboard_id": 123,
      "chart_id": 456,
      "name": "Anomaly Detection",
      "alert_type": "anomaly_rrcf",
      "anomaly_sensitivity": 75.0,
      "anomaly_trigger": "any",
      "query_period": 60,
      "confirmation_period": 60,
      "recovery_period": 0,
      "aggregation_interval": 60,
      "series_names": [],
      "source_variable": null,
      "source_mode": "source_variable",
      "source_platforms": [],
      "incident_cause": null,
      "incident_per_series": false,
      "call": false,
      "sms": false,
      "email": true,
      "push": false,
      "critical_alert": false,
      "paused": false,
      "paused_reason": null,
      "escalation_target": "current_team",
      "metadata": {},
      "created_at": "2026-03-25T10:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-03-25T10:00:00.000Z"
    }
  }
}
```
[/code-tabs]
'''

[[response]]
status = 404
description = "The specified dashboard, chart, or alert was not found."
[/responses]

## Example request

```shell
[label cURL]
curl --request GET \
     --url "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v2/dashboards/123/charts/456/alerts/789" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
```

## Alert response shape
The attributes in the alert response vary based on the `alert_type`.

[code-tabs]
```json
[label Threshold response]
{
  "attributes": {
    "alert_type": "threshold",
    "operator": "higher_than",
    "value": 100,
    "string_value": null,
    "check_period": 300
  }
}
```
```json
[label Relative response]
{
  "attributes": {
    "alert_type": "relative",
    "operator": "increases_by",
    "value": 50,
    "check_period": 300
  }
}
```
```json
[label Anomaly response]
{
  "attributes": {
    "alert_type": "anomaly_rrcf",
    "anomaly_sensitivity": 75.0,
    "anomaly_trigger": "any"
  }
}
```
[/code-tabs]

[info]
For `threshold` and `relative` alerts, the fields `anomaly_sensitivity` and `anomaly_trigger` are omitted. For `anomaly_rrcf` alerts, the fields `operator`, `value`, `string_value`, and `check_period` are omitted.
[/info]