[Yandex Cloud documentation](../../../index.md) > [Monium](../../index.md) > Alerts > Concepts > Notification channel

# Notification channel

To enable notifications of alert status changes, specify a notification channel. The channel contains information about notification recipients and sending methods.

One channel can be used multiple times for different alerts.

## Notification channel parameters {#channel-parameters}

* **Recipients**. List of users to get notified if an alert function is triggered.

  {% note info %}

  Specify a Yandex Cloud account as the recipient of email notifications. This can be the owner's account or an [additional one](../../../iam/concepts/index.md#accounts), e.g., a federated account or Yandex ID, created specifically for this purpose.

  To get notifications, the user must:
  
  * Have the `monitoring.viewer` role for the folder with the configured alert.
  * In the management console [settings](https://console.yandex.cloud/settings):
      * Enable **Monitoring**.
      * Specify an email address, phone number, and Telegram account or group.

  {% endnote %}

* **Method**. Notification delivery method. The following notification methods are supported:

  * `Email`.
  * `SMS`.
  * `Push notifications` (in the Yandex Cloud [mobile app](../../../overview/mobile-app/index.md)).
  * `Yandex Messenger`.
  * `Telegram`.
  * `Cloud Function`.

As soon as a notification channel is created, the following additional parameters become available:

* **Notification statuses**. Select the alert statuses that will prompt notification.
* **Re-notification**. Select the time after which Monium will repeat alert status notifications. Does not apply for the `OK` status.

## Notification sending statuses {#dispatch-statuses}

Each sending of a notification can have one of the following statuses:

Status | Description
----- | -----
`Success` | Notification successful.
`Failed to send` | Notification not sent due to an error.
`Resource exhausted` | Notification not sent due to a sending method restriction.

## See also

* [Creating a notification channel](../../operations/alert/create-channel.md)