SharePoint Alerts Usage

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SharePoint Alerts Usage

You have to add Virto SharePoint Alerts web part to a SharePoint Site page.

Click “Add Alert” to create a new alert.

Information form with four tabs will be displayed: “General”, “Recipients”, “Message View”, and “Options”.

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In the “General” tab you have to enter a title for new alert. Then select a web and a SharePoint list, which changes you will follow with this alert.

Select action about which the alert will notify. Six actions are available in the current version:

  • All changes (combines all cases together);
  • New items are added;
  • Existing items are modified;
  • Items are deleted;
  • Attachments are added to item;
  • Attachments are deleted from item.
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You need to select communication type. These settings can be adjusted in “Edit web part”.

In case you have several communication types adjusted, you can choose a required one from dropdown menu.

If a communication type is not adjusted, this value is displayed as unavailable (grayed out “Clickatell Sms Gateway” on the picture below).

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Now, choose “Enable” or “Disable” status. “Disable” means the created alert will not be sent.

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