> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs-xcor.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Creating & Tuning Monitors

> Est. ~20–40 minutes. Learn the ins and outs of alerting in Chronosphere, from templating notifications, to setting up monitor queries, to configuring signals, to iterating on conditions based on simulation and visualizations.

Est. \~20–40 minutes. Learn the ins and outs of alerting in Chronosphere, from templating notifications, to setting up monitor queries, to configuring signals, to iterating on conditions based on simulation and visualizations.

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## Related documentation

* [Overview of alerting](/investigate/alerts)


## Related topics

- [Creating & Tuning SLOs](/academy/courses/creating-and-tuning-slos.md)
- [Trusting Alerts: Troubleshooting Monitor Configuration](/academy/courses/trusting-alerts-troubleshooting-monitor-configuration.md)
- [Monitor actions](/investigate/alerts/monitors/monitor-actions.md)
- [Monitor data model](/investigate/alerts/monitors/data-model.md)
- [Chronosphere Collector optimizations](/ingest/metrics-traces/collector/configure/optimizations.md)


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