Custom alerts for document library

Question

Currently the alerts set shows so many unwanted details in a document library. Can it be customized to show only the newly added folders or files with a custom alerts or using SharePoint designer.

I would prefer to have an email sent as soon as an item or a folder is added to the Document library. The challenges i am facing is that if i start the workflow when an item is created , when i copy a whole folder of files it will fire a lot of emails

Answer 1

You could create a workflow in designer with the logic.

if Current Item: Created equals today send email to (relevant person)

This will email them every time a new item is created and you can include all relevant information in the email. Sorry if I've misunderstood your question

Answer 2

You'd probably have to write a custom workflow for this in Visual Studio to get the expected behavior. Something like number of items is greater than 1 then do this activity else do this.