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# Set Up Teams Notifications

> Enable automatic notifications in your Champions channel when new opportunities are submitted to your tracker.

<Info>
  Once you've got your opportunity tracker set up, you can enable notifications in your Champions channel to showcase when someone has submitted a new idea.
</Info>

## Why set this up

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Instant visibility" icon="eye">
    Your nominated group chat is alerted the moment a new opportunity is submitted
  </Card>

  <Card title="No extra admin" icon="sparkles">
    Notifications go straight to a pre-configured Teams chat, ready for review
  </Card>

  <Card title="Keep momentum high" icon="rocket">
    Ensures opportunities don't sit unacknowledged in SharePoint
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What you'll need

Before you begin, make sure you have:

* Your **Opportunity Tracker** SharePoint List where new submissions are stored
* A Teams chat with all your champions
* Access to **Power Automate** with permission to connect to both SharePoint and Teams

## Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your flow">
    * Go to [make.powerautomate.com](https://make.powerautomate.com/) and create a new **Automated cloud flow**
    * For the trigger, search **SharePoint**, then choose **When an item is created**
    * Connect to your *Opportunities* list
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a Teams action">
    * Click **+ New step → Microsoft Teams → Post a message in a chat or channel**
    * Under **Post as**, select **Flow bot**
    * Under **Post in**, select **Chat with Flow bot**
  </Step>

  <Step title="Identify the target chat">
    In the *Recipient* field, paste the **Chat ID** for your pre-configured Teams chat.

    <Info>
      To find the Chat ID, copy a full chat link and extract the portion after `chat/` and before `message/`
    </Info>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Compose the message">
    In the **Message** field, paste and customise the notification text:

    ```
    🚀 **New Opportunity Submitted!**

    **Title:** @{triggerOutputs()?['body/Title']}
    **Submitted by:** @{triggerOutputs()?['body/Author/DisplayName']}
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save & test">
    Save the flow and test it by submitting a new opportunity to confirm the chat notification is delivered.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Check>
  Once configured, your Champions team will receive instant notifications whenever someone submits a new opportunity, keeping everyone engaged and informed.
</Check>