E-Mail Activity

The E-Mail Activity element is located in the Activity drawer of the process editor palette.

Element Details

This element allows to send e-mails out of processes (e.g., for information or alert purposes). The configuration must be set in the ivy.yaml.

With the default E-Mail preferences mails will be sent to the ‘Mail Messages’ view of the Designer.

Inscription

General Tab

The General Tab is included in the view of all process elements and contains the name and a description of the element.

Tab Header

In this tab the e-mail header is defined. You can use the Content Management System and the process data (the in variable) to compose the header fields.

Subject: The title of the e-mail to send.
From: The sender of the e-mail (always use a valid e-mail address).
Reply to: The e-mail address which is used by most e-mail clients when the reader clicks on “Reply” or “Reply all”. Always use a valid e-mail address.
To: The recipient(s) of the e-mail. Multiple recipients can be separated by a comma or semi-colon.
CC: The recipient(s) in carbon copy of the e-mail. Multiple recipients can be separated by a comma or semi-colon.
BCC: The recipient(s) in blind carbon copy of the e-mail. Multiple recipients can be separated by a comma or semi-colon.
Error: Is thrown whenever an error occurs during the execution of this element. The error can be handled by a catching Error Start or by an Error Boundary Event.

Tab Content

In this tab the e-mail content is defined.

Message: The text of the e-mail. Use the Content Management System to have messages in multiple languages.

Tip

You can send HTML formatted mails by setting the content-type type=text/html. Consequently you can use html tags, such as <h1> or <b> in your message content.

Tab Attachments

In this tab you can attach files to your e-mail. Attachments can be provided as single File process data reference or with a List<File> reference to supply multiple files at once. Alternatively files can be selected from the CMS. Finally, files can be added by stating a String path. It will by resolved by searching the name as file in your file area.