---
title: Assign alerts in Express List
description: Assign alerts in Express List to yourself, to someone else, or to an assignment group to balance your organization's work load.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/event-management/assign-alerts.html
release: australia
product: Event Management
classification: event-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Assign and manage alerts, Express List, Event Management, ITOM AIOps, IT Operations Management]
---

# Assign alerts in Express List

Assign alerts in Express List to yourself, to someone else, or to an assignment group to balance your organization's work load.

## Before you begin

Role required: evt\_mgmt\_operator, evt\_mgmt\_admin

**Note:** The evt\_mgmt\_user role is view-only and does not have permission to perform this action.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Service Operations Workspace**.

2.  From the navigation bar, select the Express list icon \[Omitted image "express-list1.png"\].

3.  Select the check box next to the alert number that you want to assign.

    **Note:** You can perform the action on up to 1,000 alerts simultaneously by selecting the **Select All** check box in the Active alerts list. \[Omitted image "el-select-all.png"\] Alt text: Select All check box.

4.  Select the **Close** drop-down list.

    \[Omitted image "el-close-menu.png"\] Alt text: Option to acknowledge the alert.

5.  Perform one of the following actions.

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Assignment

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Actions

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**Yourself**

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Select **Assign to you** and then select **OK**.

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**Someone else**

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1.  Select **Assign to**.
2.  Select the name of the person to whom you want to assign the alert from the **Assigned to** field.
3.  \(Optional\) Enter information about the assignment or alert in the **Work notes** field.
4.  Select the **Assign &lt;number&gt; alerts** button.


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**Assignment group**

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1.  Select **Assign to**.
2.  Select the name of the group from the **Assignment group** field.
3.  Select the name of the person to whom you want to assign the alert from the **Assigned to** field.
4.  \(Optional\) Enter information about the assignment or alert in the **Work notes** field.
5.  Select the **Assign &lt;number&gt; alerts** button.


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## Result

The assigned person appears in the **Assigned to** column and the assignment group appears in the **Assignment group** column in the Express List pane.