Step 2: Create an alert

As a user with edit permissions to the Alerts Directory, select the Add alert button that appears on the web part.

Note: the page does not need to be in edit mode.
A panel with a form will appear on the right side of the page. Here you can:
1. Write an alert message with basic rich text formatting, such as bold, italics, underline, and hyperlinks.
2. Select from 5 alert types. Alert types are based on 5 pre-set colours.
3. Display an icon with your alert from our icon library.
4. Enable/disable the advanced options for an alert to:
  1. Collapse into a single line
  2. Scheduled to appear and disappear at a set date and time
  3. Or be dismissed by users
5. Select the audiences to target your alert to.
  
  Note: this option requires the enable audience targeting feature to have been enabled on the Alerts Directory web part.
Create your alert by selecting the Save option.

Once you've configured the Alerts Directory app, you'll next want to create an alert.