Define a Send an E-mail Action

Use the Send an E-mail Action to quickly send an e-mail when the One-Step™ Action is run. For example, click a link on an Incident record to send a follow-up e-mail to the Customer who submitted the Incident, providing information or asking a question about the Incident. You can specify the contents of the e-mail, even inserting Fields from the Incident as Tokens in the subject and/or body.

To send an e-mail using a One-Step Action, you must have an e-mail account in CSM. For more information, refer to CSM E-mail Accounts.

To define an E-mail Action for a One-Step Action:

  1. Open the One-Step Editor.
  2. Add a Send an E-mail Action to the Designer Board. Click the Zoom button on the toolbar to open the e-mail message in a separate window.
  3. Define e-mail options:
    Option Description
    Send Via Select the e-mail account from which e-mails are sent when the One-Step Action is run. This is automatically set to your default e-mail account set in CSM Administrator, or by you (if you have security rights). If your administrator has configured other accounts, select them in the drop-down. It is best to leave the default account so it works for every User that runs the One-Step Action.
    Field Visibility Field Visibility Button Select additional lines to show (From Address, Cc, Bcc, and Attachments).
    Attachments Attachments Button with Arrow Click the arrow to add attachments to the e-mail. For more information, see Action Attachments.
    Attach to Recipients Attach to Recipients Click the arrow to select options for attaching the e-mail to any of the Customer records associated with recipients in the To, Cc, or Bcc lines after the One-Step Action is run and the e-mail is sent.
    Attach to Current Record Attachment Button Attach the e-mail to the active record as a Journal - Mail History record after the One-Step Action is run and the e-mail is sent. This button is shown only if there is a Business Object available within the One-Step Action to which the e-mail can be attached.
    Allow User to Edit Allow User to Edit Click the allow user to edit button on the toolbar to allow the User to edit the e-mail before clicking Send. If this option is not selected, the e-mail is sent as-is without allowing the User to view and edit it first. For more information about e-mail history attachment options, refer to the E-mail Accounts documentation on where to store e-mail history.
    Selector Selector button Insert Tokens (example: Fields, System Functions, Prompts, Expressions, Stored Values, Metrics, and Counters) directly into the text.

    Depending on the Token, select the Token, and then right-click to access these options:

    • Delete
    • Edit Properties: Modify properties for Expressions, Prompts, Metric values, file names, and file contents.
    • Modifiers: Add Modifiers.
    • Use rich text field style: Use the formatting applied to the Business Object field rather than the formatting applied to the e-mail message. This enables you to include hyperlinks and styled text from the Business Object record in the e-mail.
    • Display images as: Choose to size images associated with the token as small, medium, or large thumbnails or as their full size.
    Name Provide a display name for the Action (this is how the Action is identified within the One-Step Action).
    To Click to open the Address Book to select the e-mail recipients, or provide recipient e-mail addresses directly.
    Subject Provide a subject for the e-mail.
  4. Compose and format a message using the e-mail message toolbars and providing text.
  5. Define Annotation properties.
  6. Click Save.
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