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Gregory Frick
Steel Contributor
Aug 16, 2016

Setting Alerts on OD4B files

Are alerts supposed to work on OD4B?  The option to set alerts is not in the new UI, if you switch to Classic OD and turn the Ribbon on you can set them, but they don't seem reliable. Thanks - Greg

    • Gregory Frick's avatar
      Gregory Frick
      Steel Contributor

      Hmmm ... that is not what I see.  I only see the New control when I do NOT have a file selected. When I select a file I see: Share, Get a link, Download, Delete, Move to, Copy to, Rename, Version history. Screen snip attached.

      • Gregory Frick's avatar
        Gregory Frick
        Steel Contributor

        I attached the screenshot to my last post, but that means you have to download it and open it.   Let me see.. do I insert a photo? Do I just paste it in here.  Let me try pasting it.

        Ok - I used 'Insert a Photo' to get the screen snip here.

        I would love to know what is going on with Alerts in OD4B.  Greg

    • ChristineStack's avatar
      ChristineStack
      Steel Contributor

      We are missing both the Post to Yammer and the Alert me.  Can someone please direct me on how to get those features turned on.

       

      Thanks

      • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
        jcgonzalezmartin
        MVP
        As we have discussed on the thread, this actions are not part of the new UI...I believe the Post to Yammer feature has been removed from SPO and we have to see what's happening with the alerts one
  • Gregory Frick's avatar
    Gregory Frick
    Steel Contributor

    To add to the confusion the Message Center (MC88752) published "Updated feature: Alert mails for OneDrive for Business and SharePoint " on 12/13/2016.  This message reports that the email format of alerts has been updated for SharePoint Online and OD4B, however setting an alert still involves too many clicks and you have to switch to classic for OD4B.  The link to more information on the message (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Change-the-settings-for-your-alerts-49629CFE-88D0-4DFB-8766-B89861D12731?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US) points to instructions with screen shots of the classic experience. 

    • Vincenzo Annunziata's avatar
      Vincenzo Annunziata
      Iron Contributor

      Yes, I saw this message in the Admin Control Panel!!!

      I can't explain to all people in the company to follow the "serpentine" road upper described to trigger an alarm to a specified folder!!!

      A lot of confusion.

      Microsoft solve this problem....

      • Rob Bowman's avatar
        Rob Bowman
        Iron Contributor

        So I see there has been a lot of movement on this as the last post was over a year ago. Are we ever getting an Alert set up for OneDrive for Business? Explaining to customers that they have to turn old features on to get to a something that still works is a little much.

         

        Anyone?

         

        Mark-Kashman danholme

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