Process Activities / Common tab
Parent topic: Common tab

E-mail activity

An activity that sends an e-mail with the body, subject, recipients, and other information you specify.



Configure the E-mail activity

To configure the Email activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. On the Organizer, do one of these:
  2. Do one of these:
    • Add an activity:
      1. In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Common tab.
      2. On the Common tab, drag the E-mail activity onto your process.
    • Change an activity:
      1. In your process, double-click your activity.

Procedure

  1. Complete the fields on the General Configuration screen.

    For more information, refer to Configure General Options for the E-mail Activity.

  2. (Optional) Click Advanced > E-mail Notification .

    For more information, refer to Configure E-mail Notifications for Any Activity

General Configuration

Specifies the general setup for the E-mail activity.



Fields

Field Name Definition

Display Name
Function:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Description
Function:
Specifies an optional description for your activity.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Deferred Time
Function:
Specifies the amount of time after which the activity sends the e-mail. This is a combination of a number of seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks.
Accepted Values:
A number of seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks.
Default Value:
0 Seconds
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

My Organization's Business Time
Function:
Specifies to use your work calendar for date calculations.
Accepted Values:
  • Deselected - Uses your work calendar for calculations.
  • Selected - Does not use your work calendar for calculations.
Default Value:
Deselected
Example:
The Business Time field is set as selected, and business hours of work calendar are configured as 9 AM to 5 PM. If the task with completion time 8 hours is entered at 1 PM on Monday, then the task must be completed by 12 PM on Tuesday.
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Documentation Updated: December 3, 2015

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