Use Contents in Choice Email Template
- Last UpdatedJun 10, 2024
- 3 minute read
Email templates can be used to display the values of the contents that have been created in a workflow.
Consider that a Content of type number and by name 'EmployeeAge' is created in the Start activity and at runtime its value is 21.
User wants to do the following:
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Display the content's value in Choice email.
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Display the variable's value after "Submitted on" row in the Task Details Table.
Solution
To display this the content's value in Choice email and to display the variable's value after "Submitted on" row in the Task Details Table:
Steps:
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Copy Choice.html file.
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Use the <%#Variable.Contentname%> placeholder in the html template for viewing the content's value where <Contentname> is a name of the content.
Use the <%#Content.EmployeeAge%> placeholder in the html template, where the value is to be displayed. Since the Content name is "EmployeeAge", the placeholder to be used is <%#Content.EmployeeAge%>. The highlighted portion in the below code displays the position where the <%#Content.EmployeeAge%> placeholder is added.
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Mailer</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style2 {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
}
.style4 {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: Normal;
color: #333333;
}
.Username {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: Bold;
color: #333333;
}
.subject {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: Bold;
color: #333333;
}
.style8 {
color: #FF3300;
font-weight: bold;
}
.style9 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; }
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form id='Form1' action='<%#EmailURL%>' method='post' >
<table width="700" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr>
<td><span class="Username"><%#locSalutation%> <strong><%#ActorName%></strong></span>,
<p class="style2"><%#locMailDescription%></p></td></tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="style2"><%#Notes%> </td>
</tr>
<!-- Appropriate sender details can be passed to the mail by using the sender detail contents as follows
A few are listed below
<%#Value.SendTo.UserDisplayName%>
<%#Value.SendTo.UserEmail%>
<%#Value.SendTo.UserId%>
Contents declared in Start Activity can also be used in a similar way.
XML Variables can also be used.
Variables defined in Start Activity can also be used pass the values to the mail.
Pre-defined variables can also be used.
A few are listed below.
<%#Variable.SubmittedBy.UserId%>
<%#Variable.SubmittedBy.UserName%>
<%#Variable.SubmittedBy.UserDisplayName%>
To make use of localization, Create a Key and its value in WorkflowManagementInstalledFolder/Locales/en-US/EmailTemplate.txt
and use the key in this html.
EG: Let EmailUserDefinedName be the Localization key in WorkflowManagementInstalledFolder/Locales/en-US/EmailTemplate.txt
Use the above key in html as @@EmailUserDefinedName@@ to get its localized value.
TO TRY OUT THE ABOVE POINTS, JUST UNCOMMENT THE NEXT COMMENTED PORTION OF CODE.
-->
<!--<tr>
<td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" class="style4">Resource Details</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#CCCCCC" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="style2">
<tr>
<td width="21%" bgcolor="#EFEFEF">@@EmailUserDefinedDepartment@@</td>
<td width="79%" bgcolor="#EFEFEF"><%#Variable.SubmittedBy.UserDepartment%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="21%">@@EmailUserDefinedEmail@@</td>
<td width="79%"><%#Variable.SubmittedBy.UserDisplayName%></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>-->
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#EBEBEB">
<span class="style4"><%#loctaskInfo%></span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td width="50%">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#999999">
<tr>
<td>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#CCCCCC"
bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="style2">
<tr>
<td width="21%" bgcolor="#EFEFEF">
<b><%#locName%></b></td>
<td width="79%" bgcolor="#EFEFEF">
<%#TaskName%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><%#locDescription%></b></td>
<td>
<%#Description%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#EFEFEF">
<b><%#locSubmittedBy%></b></td>
<td bgcolor="#EFEFEF">
<%#Submitedby%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b><%#locSubmittedOn%></b></td>
<td>
<%#SubmittedDate%> <%#SubmittedTime%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>Status</b></td>
<td>
<%#Variable.Status%></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" class="style2"><%#locRepondInTwoWays%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="style2">
<tr>
<td><strong><%#locRespondbyMail%></strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-left:20px"><i><%#locReplyToMail%></i>
<table width='95%' border='0' align='center' bgcolor='#EBEBEB' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='1' style="width: 100%; height: 25px;">
<tr>
<td class="style2" width='30%' bgcolor='#EBEBEB'>
<strong><%#locColumnName%></strong></td>
<td class="style2" width='30%' bgcolor='#EBEBEB'>
<strong><%#locUserInputs%></strong></td>
<td class="style2" bgcolor='#EBEBEB'>
<strong><%#locValidInputs%></strong></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td class="style2" width='30%' bgcolor='#FFFFFF'><%#locComments%>:</td>
<td class="style2" width='30%' bgcolor='#FFFFFF'>[ ]</td>
<td class="style2" bgcolor='#FFFFFF'>[<%#locFreeText%>]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td class="style2" width='30%' bgcolor='#FFFFFF'><%#locTakeAction%>:</td>
<td class="style2" width='30%' bgcolor='#FFFFFF'>[ ]</td>
<td class="style2" bgcolor='#FFFFFF'><%#locEnter%>:[<%#action%>]</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong><br /><%#locRespondByWeb%></strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-left:20px"><i><%#locWorkItemView%></i>
<br />
<a <%#workitemView%>><%#locWorkItemViewURLText%></a>
</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#EBEBEB">
<td align="right" class="style2">
<span><a <%#docview%>><%#locDocViewURLText%></a></span>
|
<span><a <%#executionView%>><%#locExecutionViewURLText%></a></span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="style2"><%#locSignature%></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFCC" class="style2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td class="style2" width="95%"><span class="style8"><strong><%#locEmailSecurityWarning%></strong></span><br />
Workflow:{<%#ApplicationName%>:<%#EmailGUID%>:<%#WorkflowName%>}{WorkflowResourceActivityMail#3.5}{WorkflowFollowUp:<%#SkeltaFollowUpValue%>}{WorkflowReminderTime:<%#SkeltaReminderTimeValue%>}</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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The actor will get the mail in the defined format for the above template.