This document provides an overview of Oracle Alert, which allows users to define alerts to monitor databases and take specified actions. It describes the different types of alerts (event alerts for immediate notifications and periodic alerts for scheduled checks), the types of exceptions and actions that can be defined, and how to customize predefined alerts or define new alerts by specifying conditions to check for, actions to take, variables, and more. The goal of Oracle Alert is to notify users of important database events and exceptions through defined alerts and actions.