Alert Relay Documentation

Alert Relay helps you build better SharePoint notifications in Power Automate.

Instead of relying on basic "item changed" messages, Alert Relay can:

• generate ready-to-use HTML for SharePoint list item/document/page change alert emails
• return detailed field-level changes as structured JSON
• help you work with SharePoint TriggerWindowStartToken values when you need baseline or specific-date logic

Start here

If you are new to Alert Relay, read these pages first:

1. Getting Started - Creating Your First Alert Email
2. Troubleshooting

Choose the right action

Use Get Detailed Item Alert HTML when:

• you want to send an alert email showing what changed in a SharePoint item
• you want Alert Relay to generate the email body and subject for you
• you want Alert Relay to generate the email body for you instead of building it manually in Power Automate

Use Get Detailed Item Changes when:

• you want to compare previous and current values for specific fields
• you want to branch on change scenarios such as Draft to Approved
• you want full control over the flow output

Use Parse Compare From when:

• you want to inspect the date and time inside a TriggerWindowStartToken
• you want to apply specific-date or cutover logic before calling the main actions

Documentation sections

Get Started

• Getting Started - Creating Your First Alert Email

Build Flows

• Get Detailed Item Alert HTML
• Use Detailed JSON Changes
• Compare From Baselines
• Parse Compare From

Help

• Troubleshooting

Reference

• Actions Reference

Common scenarios

I want a simple SharePoint alert replacement

Start with Getting Started - Creating Your First Alert Email.

I want to drive conditions based on what changed

Start with Use Detailed JSON Changes.

I need more control over comparisons and trigger tokens

Read Use Detailed JSON Changes, then Compare From Baselines, then Parse Compare From if you need token-based logic.