The alert conditions specifies when the email will be sent to the recipient by the alert. When the condition becomes true for a response, the email will be sent.

Conditions for alerts can be set on the status of responses, specific responses to question, values of parameters, or demographic fields for participants. At least one condition must be set for an alert. A common condition for alert is 'Response status is Completed' which result in the sending of the alert when the participant completes their response to the survey.

For more details on how to formulate conditions, see Conditions and How to: Use condition operators