✨Getting Started With the Virto Alerts & Reminder App

You have just installed the Virto Alerts & Reminder App. What is the next step?

Open "Site contents" of the SharePoint site where you have installed the app and click on “Alerts for Office 365 by Virto.”

The Virto Alerts & Reminder App page will open. To create your first alert, click “Add Alert.”

Choose a SharePoint list.

Alerts are always related to a SharePoint list. To send an automatic alert, you need a trigger— for example, the deletion of or an amendment to an item in a list.

Using the “Change Type” drop-down menu, you can decide whether you want alerts sent for every change.

Specify the name of the alert and tick the “Enabled” checkbox.

By default, you will be the owner of the alert and have permission to make any changes. However, you can choose another user or group to be the owner if required.

Now, click “Recipients” to define who will receive the alert. Remember to change the “From” address to your company email. By default, the system uses “no-reply@virtosoftware.com.”

You can add a Microsoft Teams webhook and send alerts directly to a Teams channel.

When you have added all the recipients, click "Message view." Here, you can fine-tune the appearance of the email message.

Specify the email subject and add the importance marker if required.

You can use tags in the alert subject and automatically insert variable elements from the list; for example, the email subject can include the list item name, which will vary depending on the list changes.

Choose whether to use a header and footer for your alerts. For example, you can expand the “Header” block and add your company logo. You can also add and adjust the footer in the same way.

To add a picture to the header, click the image icon and insert the direct link to the image in the “Web address” field. You can also add alternate text. If you need to change the original parameters of the image, define the width or height.

To adjust the message body, you can type in any text, add images or links, use tables, or add tags. Tags allow you to add variables to the message; for example, if you want to inform recipients about a new training course in a list, you can add the “Item Title” and “List Title” tags to display the course name and the list name. In the same way, use the “List Link” tag to add the link to the alert. Click the tag icon and choose the required tag from the drop-down menu to add tags.