Email


Configuration interface for actions of type email.

Actions of type email allow to send emails with or without attachments to one or more recipients.

Parameters

Email details

Email to
Specifies the email recipient. Multiple recipients are separated by a comma. The use of variables is possible.
Email from
Specification of the sender of the email. The use of variables is possible.
Sender name
Specification of the name of the sender of the email. The use of variables is possible.

Advanced settings

Advanced settings of the email action.
Send an individual email to each recipient and hide email addresses of other recipients.
If checked, each email will be sent separately. Otherwise all emails are sent at once.
Add internal FORMCYCLE users as recipients.
Xima® Formcycle-user who should receive an email.
Add internal FORMCYCLE group as recipient.
User of the specified user groups will receive an email. Note: All LDAP users of a LDAP Group assigned to the user group will receive an email.
Copy to (CC)
Email addresses to which a copy should be sent. The use of variables is possible.
Blind Copy To (BCC)
Email addresses to which a blind copy is to be sent. The use of variables is possible.
Reply To (Reply-To)
Email addresses to which a reply is to be sent. The use of variables is possible.
Email format
Select in which format the email should be sent. You can choose between HTML (default), Plain Text or HTML and Plain Text. The contents of the respective formats can be defined separately under Content.

Contents of the email

Subject
Specification of the email subject. The use of variables is possible.
HTML
Content of the email. The use of variables is possible.
Files
Files that should be in the attachment of the email. See actions for a list of supported URL protocols.

Action variables

Actions of type Email provide Action variables which can be used in subsequent actions.

Standard action variables

[%$<action name>.SUCCESS%]
Return whether action was successfully executed. Returns Boolean (true/false).
[%$<action name>.RESULT%]
Return all results provided by the action in structured form.
[%$<action name>.ERROR_CODE%]
The error code thrown in case of an error in the action. Empty if no error occurred.
[%$<action name>.ERROR_MESSAGE%]
The thrown error message in the action's error case. Empty if no error occurred.

Action specific action variables

[%$<actionname>.ERROR.message%]
Error code returned if the email was not sent or an error occurs when determining an included LDAP user/group.

Repeated elements support

The Email to, Subject, and Content fields support repeated elements.

  • If a repeated field is selected in the Email To field using variables selection, the email will be sent to all passed email addresses.
  • If in the field subject or content a repeated field is selected via the variables selection, the passed values are displayed comma separated.