diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/missing_monitoring_data_alert.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/missing_monitoring_data_alert.ts
index d9c1f38210b96..6017314f332e6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/missing_monitoring_data_alert.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/missing_monitoring_data_alert.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   AlertMissingData,
   AlertMessageTimeToken,
   AlertInstanceState,
-  AlertMessageLinkToken,
 } from './types';
 import { AlertInstance, AlertServices } from '../../../alerts/server';
 import {
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ import { getListingLinkForStackProduct } from '../lib/alerts/get_listing_link_fo
 import { getStackProductLabel } from '../lib/alerts/get_stack_product_label';
 import { fetchClusters } from '../lib/alerts/fetch_clusters';
 import { fetchAvailableCcs } from '../lib/alerts/fetch_available_ccs';
+import { AlertingDefaults, createLink } from './alerts_common';
 
 const RESOLVED = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.resolved', {
   defaultMessage: 'resolved',
@@ -88,30 +88,6 @@ export class MissingMonitoringDataAlert extends BaseAlert {
   };
 
   protected actionVariables = [
-    {
-      name: 'internalShortMessage',
-      description: i18n.translate(
-        'xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.actionVariables.internalShortMessage',
-        {
-          defaultMessage: 'The short internal message generated by Elastic.',
-        }
-      ),
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'internalFullMessage',
-      description: i18n.translate(
-        'xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.actionVariables.internalFullMessage',
-        {
-          defaultMessage: 'The full internal message generated by Elastic.',
-        }
-      ),
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'state',
-      description: i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.actionVariables.state', {
-        defaultMessage: 'The current state of the alert.',
-      }),
-    },
     {
       name: 'stackProducts',
       description: i18n.translate(
@@ -127,30 +103,7 @@ export class MissingMonitoringDataAlert extends BaseAlert {
         defaultMessage: 'The number of stack products missing monitoring data.',
       }),
     },
-    {
-      name: 'clusterName',
-      description: i18n.translate(
-        'xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.actionVariables.clusterName',
-        {
-          defaultMessage: 'The cluster to which the stack products belong.',
-        }
-      ),
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'action',
-      description: i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.actionVariables.action', {
-        defaultMessage: 'The recommended action for this alert.',
-      }),
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'actionPlain',
-      description: i18n.translate(
-        'xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.actionVariables.actionPlain',
-        {
-          defaultMessage: 'The recommended action for this alert, without any markdown.',
-        }
-      ),
-    },
+    ...Object.values(AlertingDefaults.ALERT_TYPE.context),
   ];
 
   protected async fetchClusters(
@@ -197,7 +150,6 @@ export class MissingMonitoringDataAlert extends BaseAlert {
       callCluster,
       clusters,
       indexPattern,
-      limit,
       this.config.ui.max_bucket_size,
       now,
       now - limit - LIMIT_BUFFER
@@ -271,10 +223,6 @@ export class MissingMonitoringDataAlert extends BaseAlert {
 
   protected getUiMessage(alertState: AlertState, item: AlertData): AlertMessage {
     const { missing, limit } = item.meta as { missing: AlertMissingData; limit: number };
-    const globalState = [`cluster_uuid:${item.clusterUuid}`];
-    if (item.ccs) {
-      globalState.push(`ccs:${item.ccs}`);
-    }
     if (!alertState.ui.isFiring) {
       if (missing.gapDuration > limit) {
         return {
@@ -319,27 +267,19 @@ export class MissingMonitoringDataAlert extends BaseAlert {
         },
       }),
       nextSteps: [
-        {
-          text: i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.ui.nextSteps.hotThreads', {
+        createLink(
+          i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.ui.nextSteps.viewAll', {
             defaultMessage: `#start_linkView all {stackProduct} {type}#end_link`,
             values: {
               type: getTypeLabelForStackProduct(missing.stackProduct),
               stackProduct: getStackProductLabel(missing.stackProduct),
             },
           }),
-          tokens: [
-            {
-              startToken: '#start_link',
-              endToken: '#end_link',
-              type: AlertMessageTokenType.Link,
-              url: `${getListingLinkForStackProduct(missing.stackProduct)}?_g=(${globalState.join(
-                ','
-              )})`,
-            } as AlertMessageLinkToken,
-          ],
-        },
+          getListingLinkForStackProduct(missing.stackProduct),
+          AlertMessageTokenType.Link
+        ),
         {
-          text: i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.ui.nextSteps.runningTasks', {
+          text: i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.alerts.missingData.ui.nextSteps.verifySettings', {
             defaultMessage: `Verify monitoring settings on the {type}`,
             values: {
               type: getTypeLabelForStackProduct(missing.stackProduct, false),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/alerts/fetch_missing_monitoring_data.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/alerts/fetch_missing_monitoring_data.test.ts
index 750ec33d028cf..b09f5a88dba9c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/alerts/fetch_missing_monitoring_data.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/alerts/fetch_missing_monitoring_data.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function getResponse(
 describe('fetchMissingMonitoringData', () => {
   let callCluster = jest.fn();
   const index = '.monitoring-*';
-  const limit = 100;
+  const startMs = 100;
   const size = 10;
 
   it('fetch as expected', async () => {
@@ -137,7 +137,14 @@ describe('fetchMissingMonitoringData', () => {
         },
       };
     });
-    const result = await fetchMissingMonitoringData(callCluster, clusters, index, limit, size, now);
+    const result = await fetchMissingMonitoringData(
+      callCluster,
+      clusters,
+      index,
+      size,
+      now,
+      startMs
+    );
     expect(result).toEqual([
       {
         stackProduct: 'elasticsearch',
@@ -220,7 +227,14 @@ describe('fetchMissingMonitoringData', () => {
         },
       };
     });
-    const result = await fetchMissingMonitoringData(callCluster, clusters, index, limit, size, now);
+    const result = await fetchMissingMonitoringData(
+      callCluster,
+      clusters,
+      index,
+      size,
+      now,
+      startMs
+    );
     expect(result).toEqual([
       {
         stackProduct: 'elasticsearch',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/alerts/fetch_missing_monitoring_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/alerts/fetch_missing_monitoring_data.ts
index ee7297b1e5a77..91fc05137a8c1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/alerts/fetch_missing_monitoring_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/alerts/fetch_missing_monitoring_data.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ export async function fetchMissingMonitoringData(
   callCluster: any,
   clusters: AlertCluster[],
   index: string,
-  limit: number,
   size: number,
   nowInMs: number,
   startMs: number