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Unable to create alerts for views in SharePoint

Symptoms

When creating an alert in SharePoint, the option "Someone changes an item that appears in the following view" is not visible or a view doesn't show up in the drop-down list.

Screenshot that shows the view alert option.

Cause

This option and view shows up ONLY if you have custom views that are created with filters based on the Choice column.

The Choice column must be a custom column, not a system-generated column such as Approval Status.

Resolution

In your custom view, create a filter for items based on a custom Choice column.

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