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# SQL Server Agent, Alerts Object
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  The SQL Server Agent **Alerts** performance object contains performance counters that report information about SQL Server Agent alerts. The table below lists the counters that this object contains.  
  
 The table below contains the **SQLAgent:Alerts** counters.  
  
|Name|Description|  
|----------|-----------------|  
|**Activated alerts**|This counter reports the total number of alerts that SQL Server Agent has activated since the last time that SQL Server Agent restarted.|  
|**Alerts activated/minute**|This counter reports the number of alerts that SQL Server Agent activated within the last minute.|  
  
> [!NOTE]  
>  To use this SQL Server Agent object, users must be a member of the **sysadmin** fixed server role.  
  
## See Also  
 [Alerts](../../ssms/agent/alerts.md)   
 [Use Performance Objects](../../ssms/agent/use-performance-objects.md)   
 [Monitor Resource Usage (System Monitor)](../../relational-databases/performance-monitor/monitor-resource-usage-system-monitor.md)