KPI List Alerts

[tladd]

I have set up a KPI List and want senior managers to be alerted each time the values are updated. The alerts work correctly when actually adding, deleting, or modifying the list itself. However, when I upload an Excel file to a Shared Document Library in SharePoint and the KPI values are updated (the KPI is reading the values in this document), no alert is generated.

I can clearly see that the values in the KPI List change. Does this not constitute a "change" as far as the alert is concerned? I have set up the alert on the KPI List to notify on "Anything Changes".

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom