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title: Add significant events
description: Significant Events periodically runs a query on your stream to find important events. Significant events could be error messages, exceptions, or other...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4623/solutions/observability/streams/management/significant-events
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available since 9.2, Preview in 9.1
---

# Add significant events
Significant Events periodically runs a query on your stream to find important events. Significant events could be error messages, exceptions, or other log messages that are of interest to you.
To define significant events, either:
- **Generate significant events with AI:** Requires a [Generative AI connector](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/reference/connectors-kibana/gen-ai-connectors). If you don't know what you're looking for, let AI suggest queries based on your data. This works by using the previously identified [features](/elastic/docs-content/pull/4623/solutions/observability/streams/management/advanced#streams-advanced-features) in your Stream to create specific queries based on the data you have in your Stream. Then, select the suggestions that make sense to you.
- **Create significant events from a query:** If you know what you're looking for, write your own query to find important events.