> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Data alerts

> The screen that flags data-quality, configuration, and integration problems so your planning runs on clean, complete data.

## What this page is for

Good planning depends on good data. The **Data alerts** screen flags problems with your *data quality, configuration, and system integrations* — missing setup, incomplete records, and sync errors. Fix these and every plan you build rests on clean, complete information.

This is a different screen from the Cockpit's [Exceptions](/guide/home/exceptions) tab. Exceptions are *operational* supply issues — a product is out of stock, an order is late. Data alerts are *data* issues — a product has no forecast, a warehouse has no connection, an integration failed to sync. Both matter, but they are separate lists with separate jobs.

## What you see

Data alerts are split across three tabs:

| Tab              | What it flags                                                                                               |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Products**     | Product-level data issues.                                                                                  |
| **Network**      | Network-setup issues.                                                                                       |
| **Integrations** | ERP and system sync errors. (ERP means Enterprise Resource Planning — your company's core business system.) |

Every item carries a **severity badge**:

| Severity (color)   | Meaning                                                  |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Critical** (red) | A serious gap that will distort planning — fix it first. |
| **Info** (gray)    | Worth cleaning up, but lower urgency.                    |

## The three tabs in detail

**Products tab** — problems with individual product records, such as:

* No assignee (nobody owns the product).
* Not set up for a production constraint group it should belong to.
* Missing forecast.
* Stock or orders that are invisible to planning.

**Network tab** — problems with how your supply network is wired together, such as:

* A warehouse with no incoming or outgoing connection.
* A channel not allocated to a market. *(Your company may rename "Channels" or "Markets.")*
* A supplier with no active warehouse.

**Integrations tab** — sync errors between Spherecast and your ERP or other source systems. Each row shows:

* A **reference** identifying the record.
* A status of **Failed** or **Info**.
* The **record type** involved.
* The **source system** the data came from.
* The **error message** describing what went wrong.

## Filtering and settings

* **Only criticals** toggle — hide the Info items and focus on what is urgent.
* Filter by **Alert type**, **Category**, and **Country**.
* **Min. sales / month** — hide low-volume products so you focus on items that move.
* **Assigned to me** — show only the alerts you own.
* A **Settings** button opens the alert configuration, where alerts are turned on and off. See [Data alert settings](/data-alerts).

## Step by step: clean up before a planning cycle

1. Open the **Data alerts** screen.
2. Turn on **Only criticals** to focus on the most damaging gaps first.
3. Work the **Products** tab: assign owners, fill missing forecasts, and fix invisible stock or orders.
4. Switch to the **Network** tab: connect stranded warehouses, allocate channels to markets, and attach suppliers to active warehouses.
5. Check the **Integrations** tab for any **Failed** rows. Read the error message, fix the source record or mapping, and re-sync.
6. Once the criticals are clear, turn the toggle off and clean up the remaining **Info** items as time allows.

## Example

Before your monthly cycle you open Data alerts and switch on **Only criticals**. The **Products** tab shows 8 items missing a forecast — you assign forecasts so those products are planned instead of ignored. The **Network** tab flags a new warehouse with no incoming connection; without it, replenishment can never reach that site, so you wire it up. The **Integrations** tab shows one **Failed** row: a purchase order from your ERP with the message *"Supplier not found."* You correct the supplier mapping and re-sync. Your planning run now sees complete, trustworthy data.

> **Tip:** Make Data alerts a habit at the start of every planning cycle. Clean data here prevents surprises in [Exceptions](/guide/home/exceptions) later.

> **Note:** If an alert type is showing up that you do not want to track — or one you *do* want is missing — use the **Settings** button to adjust which alerts are active. Details in [Data alert settings](/data-alerts).