November 1, 2025November 1, 2025| Soni YorkSoni York|
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Question:

Can I configure the Watchdog Alerts part on my Home Dashboard? I tried using Doc Alerts in the UI Configuration tool but that wasn’t right. I just want to change the label on one of the columns.

Answer:

The answer to your question depends on if you are using Spitfire in Power UX or the Classic UI. See the appropriate section below.

Power UX:

To configure the Watchdog Alerts part:

  1. Go to the Watchdog Alerts part in Grid mode on your Home Dashboard. You cannot make changes in Tile mode.
  2. If you want to change the order of the columns, hold the mouse down on a column then move it to a new location.
  3. Click the gear icon to pull up the Settings window.
  4. Uncheck the checkboxes of the columns that you do not want to appear and click on any Header to change it.
  5. If you are making this change just for your dashboard, click the x to leave the window. Your changes will be saved.
  6. If you are making this change for your whole site (and have permission to do so), click the Save Site Settings icon.

Classic UI:

First, you cannot configure just your own Watchdog Alerts part. The part can be configured in the UI Configuration tool, but any changes to the part will apply to all the Watchdog Alert parts on all users’ Home Dashboards.

Second, you need to use Alert List, not Doc Alerts, in the UI Configuration tool to make changes to the Watchdog Alerts part.

To configure the Watchdog Alerts part on your site:

  1. Go to the UI Configuration tool on the System Admin Dashboard.
  2. If there is a default Doc type in the Doc Type filter, select the blank option. The Doc Type filter must be blank.
  3. Select Alert List as the part.
  4. Check the Show Live Configuration checkbox.
  5. Select the Item that you want to configure.

    1. You can change the label for any column.
    2. You can make any column not visible.
    3. You can change the order of the columns.
    4. See Configuring Non-Document Column Grids.
  6. Remember to save your changes.
  7. Click the Reload Configuration button on the System Admin Dashboard.

Additional Comments:

The Doc Alerts part is used to configure the Document Alerts window that opens when you select the Alerts option on a document.  Do not confuse it with the Alert List part.

KBA-01889; Last updated: November 18, 2025 at 8:37 am

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