General

In the “General” section, choose the SharePoint list you want to create an alert for. You may also choose a folder with documents.

Select a change type (i.e., trigger) for the alert.

Selecting a change type that triggers the Virto Alert — Change type

Specify the title of the new alert. This will appear in your list of alerts.

By default, “Enabled” is ticked for a new alert, but you can disable and activate it later.

Setting the alert title and the Enabled checkbox for a new Virto Alert — Alert title

Usually, only the administrator and the alert creator (or owner) can edit an alert. If an alert owner is no longer in your organization, only the administrator can access these alerts. You can change the alert owner to give any other user or group permission to edit alerts.

Changing the alert owner to grant another user or group permission to edit the Virto Alert — Alert owner

You can import and export an existing alert. If you click “Import,” you can pick an alert template saved to your disk. The “Export” option will save the current alert as a template to your disk in JSON format.

Import and Export buttons for saving or loading a Virto Alert template as a JSON file — Import and export

Updated on June 17, 2026