# Silences - required fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/silences-required-fields/1007>\
**Category:** General Help/Support\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/silences-required-fields/1007 "2022-05-24T19:17:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![rafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@rafa](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/rafa)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/silences-required-fields/1007/1 "2022-05-24T19:17:23Z")

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Hello,

I’m curious if we can set up our Alerts Manager to require specific fields when submitted/creating Silences. Is this possible? If so, which part of the yaml can we use to configure this?