How do I add an alert to a SharePoing group?
Intended audience: User
Alert Manager 2007 provides three different ways to add SharePoint alerts:
Add Alert,
Add Alert To Large Group and
Add Alert to SharePoint Group. A new alerts may be added to a SharePoint Group using the New menu on the toolbar of any
Manage Alerts page.
Click Add Alert to SharePoint Group in the New menu of the Manage Alerts page.
You will then be prompted to select the list you would like to target with the alert. Select the list you would like to target by clicking the radio button next to the list icon and click Next if you would like to proceed to add an alert to this list or click Select List Item if you would like the alert to target an item in the list.
The final page of the Add Alert wizard provides you with the opportunity to specify the properties of the alert. Alert properties include title, recipients, change type, change conditions and frequency. To read about the details of each alert property offered by Alert Manager 2007 click here. When finished configuring your desired alert properties click Finish to create the alert.
When using the Add Alert To SharePoint Group feature only SharePoint groups my be selected with the recipient picker located in the Send Alert To section. You will also be required to use a custom alert template as the out-of-the-box SharePoint alert templates do not support alerts for SharePoint Groups.
