# Alert

Alerts provide a simple way to communicate information to a user.

## Simple Alerts

Alerts have four different severities and can include text or other content.

```
New-UDAlert -Severity 'error' -Text 'This is an error alert — check it out!' 
New-UDAlert -Severity 'warning' -Text 'This is an warning alert — check it out!'
New-UDAlert -Severity 'info' -Text 'This is an error info — check it out!' 
New-UDAlert -Severity 'success' -Text 'This is an success alert — check it out!'
```

![Alert Types](https://620394196-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M6jY7sXTmhiAIMGYw_m%2F-MT413fXrdRe_Bn_Qlnz%2F-MT41T8HmruhJmLJHRQB%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=8105697e-f500-4b17-8abf-8003edc266d1)

## Advanced Alerts

Alerts can contain any component and also a title.

```
New-UDAlert -Severity 'error' -Content { New-UDHtml 'This is an error alert — <strong>check it out!</strong>' } -Title "Error"
New-UDAlert -Severity 'warning' -Content { New-UDHtml 'This is an warning alert — <strong>check it out!</strong>' } -Title "Warning"
New-UDAlert -Severity 'info' -Content { New-UDHtml 'This is an error info — <strong>check it out!</strong>' } -Title "Info"
New-UDAlert -Severity 'success' -Content { New-UDHtml 'This is an success alert — <strong>check it out!</strong>' } -Title "Success"
```

![Advanced Alerts](https://620394196-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M6jY7sXTmhiAIMGYw_m%2F-MT413fXrdRe_Bn_Qlnz%2F-MT42QsRA1hs4YFNEw5M%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=3193036a-f1a9-4608-a8f8-7d5a41f7f155)

## API

[New-UDAlert](https://github.com/ironmansoftware/universal-docs/blob/master/cmdlets/New-UDAlert.txt)