# How do the alerts work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbee\ **Created:** [June 30, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-do-the-alerts-work/3282 "2017-06-30T13:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beaushinkle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/beaushinkle/32/1670_2.png) [@beaushinkle](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/beaushinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-do-the-alerts-work/3282/1 "2017-06-30T13:32:16Z")
I have a goal with Starts Alerts set to 9:00am, Lead Days set to 0, and Deadline set to 00:00am. I have the iOS app installed and logged in, with notifications enabled. The beeminder website recognized that and has the iOS checkmark ticked. I also checked the Slack DM option. I have yet to receive a notification on either platform. I would like to receive a notification at 9:00am every day, reminding me to log my data. How do I set that up? ---
**Author:** ![philip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/philip/32/1505_2.png) [@philip](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/philip)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-do-the-alerts-work/3282/2 "2017-06-30T16:24:43Z")
Beeminder notifications are (mostly) geared to hassle you on days when you’re in danger of derailing. So in your case they’d start at 9am and happen with [increasing frequency](https://blog.beeminder.com/zeno/) until you’d done enough the get back on the road. To get a reminder on non-emergency days too, set the lead days to something greater than zero. Some people use that to get a few days’ notice that they’ve got a big task coming, but you could set it to a larger value so that you get a reminder every day. ---
**Author:** ![beaushinkle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/beaushinkle/32/1670_2.png) [@beaushinkle](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/beaushinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-do-the-alerts-work/3282/3 "2017-06-30T16:42:54Z")
Maybe I have a fundamental misunderstanding of what reminders are. I want automation that polls me for my data every morning at 9:00am rather than me having to remember to put in my data. I want this to be independent of how on-track or off-track I am, and for it to not remind me any more for the day once I submit data regardless of how on-track and off-track I am. Is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![apb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/apb/32/100_2.png) [@apb](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/apb)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-do-the-alerts-work/3282/4 "2017-06-30T17:02:55Z")
We had this feature for a while but it was more confusing to people, so we simplified it to only remind you when you’re close to derailing on a goal. Reminding you to enter data also seemed duplicative with the native reminders app - have you tried setting that up for a daily ping at 9am to enter data? ---
**Author:** ![gibbond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@gibbond](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/gibbond)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-do-the-alerts-work/3282/5 "2017-07-07T17:09:21Z")
"native reminders app" what is this? Is it a separate app or a function of the beeminder app? I’m eesentially looking for the same function as this user- I wan the app to allert me twice a day to prompt me to enter my data. ---
**Author:** ![apb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/apb/32/100_2.png) [@apb](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/apb)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-do-the-alerts-work/3282/6 "2017-07-07T19:19:19Z")
I was referring to the app called Reminders that comes with iOS. You can set up recurring reminders with it - if you swipe down from the home screen and search for it it should come up. ---
**Author:** ![gibbond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@gibbond](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/gibbond)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-do-the-alerts-work/3282/7 "2017-07-08T11:22:11Z")
Fair enough. That’s a reasonable hack. I’ll give it a go. Cheers.