---
title: View links between alerts in a group in Express List
description: Use Link View in Express List to view a visual representation of the relationships between alerts in a group.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/event-management/view-relationships-between-alerts-in-groups.html
release: australia
product: Event Management
classification: event-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Viewing links between alerts in alert groups, Work with alert groups, Express List, Event Management, ITOM AIOps, IT Operations Management]
---

# View links between alerts in a group in Express List

Use Link View in Express List to view a visual representation of the relationships between alerts in a group.

## Before you begin

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

## About this task

For an overview of Link View in Express List, see [Viewing links between alerts in alert groups in Express List](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/event-management/el-link-view.md).

## Procedure

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

2.  In the primary navigation, select the Express List icon \(\[Omitted image "express-list1.png"\] Alt text: Express List icon\).

3.  In the fields in the interactive filter panel, select **Group** and then the check box for the alert groups to display.

    **Note:** Link View is supported for the following alert group types:

    -   Network traffic-based
    -   Rules-based
    -   Mixed alert groups, which include:
        -   CMDB-based alert groups
        -   Tag cluster-based alert groups
        -   Related log entities
        -   Shared impacted services
4.  In the **Active alerts** list, select the description of an alert group.

    The preview panel opens to the **Alerts in group** tab, which lists all the correlated alerts in the selected group.

5.  Navigate to **Link View**.

    Link View opens, displaying the relationships between the alerts in the selected group.

6.  Customize the Link View display.

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**Focus on an area of interest**

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Select one or more nodes and rearrange them in Link View by dragging them to a new location.

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**Refresh the alert group**

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Select **Refresh**. After refreshing the alert group, rearranged nodes appear in their original position again. Newly added nodes are marked as New.

**Note:** The **Refresh** button is enabled when new data for the alert group is available. Link View doesn't refresh automatically.

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**View the meaning of icons and colors**

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Select the Link View legend.The legend also indicates the number of unique nodes displayed per tag. For a description of each tag, see [Attributes in Express List Link View](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/event-management/link-view-tags-icons-descriptions.md).

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**Reduce noise**

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In the Link View legend, toggle between hiding and showing a tag type.

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**View information about an alert**

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Hover over a node to display text with information about the alert.

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