When clicking on Add Alert from list view or context menu, you enter the Quick Add mode. In this mode you usually just need to click on OK at the bottom of the pop-up to create an alert with default settings.
When using the Design button in the SharePoint list command bar, you enter the Management mode. In this mode the list of existing alerts and the Add Alert button is visible. You use this mode to view, add or edit multiple alerts. You can also manage reusable mail templates and view logs.
Administrators are also able to use the Management mode to view and edit alerts of other users. When an administrator updates other user's alert, the alert changes ownership and now belongs to the administrator.
On-Premise API
The product exposes some functionality through an API, which can be accessed from Microsoft .Net applications or PowerShell commands. These are exposed from .net Assembly: Infowise.SmartAlertPro.dll, by the class: Infowise.SharePoint.v3.SmartAlertPro.Classes.AlertApi
- ChangeAlertOwner(Site Url, Current owner id, New owner id) - this method will change the Owner of alerts and their mail templates, according to given parameters
- Site Url [string]: URL of the site collection under which the alerts should be changed
- Current owner id [integer]: SharePoint site Id of the current owner. This parameter can receive a 0 (zero) value to change the owner of all alerts with current invalid owner (i.e: non-existing account)
- New owner id [integer]: SharePoint site Id of the new owner
PowerShell Example:
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Infowise.SmartAlertPro")
[Infowise.SharePoint.v3.SmartAlertPro.Classes.AlertApi]::ChangeAlertOwner("http://site", 3, 1)
This command will change the owner of all alerts (and their customized mail templates) in site collection "http://site" from user with id 3 to user with id 1.
User id can be found in Site users / Groups settings pages.
