Use XML Variables in Information Email Template
- Last UpdatedJun 10, 2024
- 2 minute read
Email templates can be used to display the values of the XML variables that have been created in a workflow.
Consider that 'Users' XML Variable of type XMLDocument is created in the Start activity and schema is as follows:
The scenario requirement is that during the workflow execution, the user wants to display the following values during the workflow execution:
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ID is updated to 1029.
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Email is updated to John.Smith@domain.com
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Name is updated to John.
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Display these XML variable's value after "Submitted on" row in the Task Details Table.
Solution
To display this the XML Variable's value in Information email and to display these variable's value after "Submitted on" row in the Task Details Table:
Steps:
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Copy Information.html file.
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Use the <%#XmlVariables.variablename%> placeholder in the html template for viewing the XML Variable's value, where <variablename> is a name of the XML variable.
Since the 'Users' XML Variable contents the ID, Email and Name, use the following XML Variables in the Information.html template, where the values are to be displayed.
<%#XmlVariables.Users.User.ID%>
<%#XmlVariables.Users.User.Email%>
<%#XmlVariables.Users.User.Name%>
The highlighted portion in the below code displays the position where the above placeholders to be 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>
<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>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" class="style4"><%#locResponseOptions%></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">
<b>User ID</b>
</td>
<td width="79%" bgcolor="#EFEFEF">
<%#XmlVariables.Users.User.ID%>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<b>User Email</b>
</td>
<td>
<%#XmlVariables.Users.User.Email%>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#EFEFEF">
<b>User Name</b>
</td>
<td bgcolor="#EFEFEF">
<%#XmlVariables.Users.User.Name%>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="style2">
<tr>
<td><a <%#workitemView%>><%#locRespondByWeb%></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a <%#docview%>><%#locDocViewURLText%></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td ><a <%#executionView%>><%#locExecutionViewURLText%></a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" class="style4" style="height:10%"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="style2"><%#locSignature%></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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The actor will get the mail in the defined format for the above template.