> ## 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 Cortex XCOR, 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 Cortex XCOR, 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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