Description
The SendMail activity is a very generic activity. It is meant to send a report via mail after an action has been completed. This could be done after voting, but may also concern other activities in future, for example.
Following a quick overview:
| Short profile
|
| Name
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SendMail
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| Async
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No
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| Input/form
|
-
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| Associated to
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Approval Workflows, Collect Feedback Workflows
|
| BPMN type
|
bpmn:Task
|
Properties
Input
| Name of property
|
Source
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Description
|
Type
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Action
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| assigned_user
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UserVote
|
Name of the user, who casted the vote
|
string
|
collect
|
| comment
|
UserVote
|
Comment of the user
|
string
|
collect
|
| vote
|
UserVote
|
Result of the voting (values: YES, NO)
|
string
|
collect
|
| reportrecipient
|
CollectData
|
Mailadress of the user who was specified to receive an email after the workflow is finished
|
string
|
collect
|
| timestamp
|
|
Timestamp of the date when mail is sent
|
timestamp
|
display
|
| timestamp
|
|
Timestamp of the voting
|
timestamp
|
display
|
| username
|
|
Name of the user, who casted a vote
|
string
|
display
|
| groupname
|
|
Name of the group, who casted a vote
|
string
|
display
|
| vote
|
|
Result of the voting
|
boolean / string
|
display
|
| comment
|
|
Comment of the user concerning a wikipage
|
string
|
display
|
| format
|
|
Allows to include html syntax in the body of the email (values:plaintext, html)
|
string
|
|
Property "format"
An example for using html in the email body if the format is set to "html":
<bpmn:task id="SendMail" name="send-mail">
<bpmn:extensionElements>
<wf:type>send_mail</wf:type>
</bpmn:extensionElements>
<bpmn:property name="recipient" default="{{{CollectData.reportrecipient}}}"/>
<bpmn:property name="subject">{{FULLPAGENAME}}</bpmn:property>
<bpmn:property name="format">html</bpmn:property>
<bpmn:property name="body"><![CDATA[
<a href="Testseite">Testseite</a>
https://mywiki.com/wiki/Testseite
<a href="{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}">{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</a>
FULLPAGENAMEE
{{fullurl:{{PAGENAMEE}}}}
{{PAGENAMEE}}
{{SUBPAGENAME:{{fullurl:{{PAGENAMEE}}}}}}{{#titleparts:{{fullurl:{{PAGENAMEE}}}}| | -1 }}
]]>
</bpmn:property>
<bpmn:incoming>FromUserFeedbackToSendMail</bpmn:incoming>
<bpmn:outgoing>FromSendMailToTheEnd</bpmn:outgoing>
</bpmn:task>
Output
| Name of property
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Source
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Description
|
Type
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Action
|
| subject
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SendMail
|
Subject of the mail incl. corresponding wikipage affected by previous activity
|
string
|
display
|
| body
|
SendMail
|
Standardized text in a mail, which includes
- the name of the user who casted the vote
- a comment, which was left by the user
- the voting result
|
string
|
display
|
Extension elements
| Name of extension element
|
Description
|
Type
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| type
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|
|
