Send SMS

An activity that sends an SMS message to one or more Twilio users.

Configure the Send SMS activity

To configure the Send SMS activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Good to Know

To send an email notification, click Advanced > Email Notifications .
For more information, refer to Email Notifications screen (Process Activities).
In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
You can configure whether this activity waits for other activities before it runs.
For more information, refer to How Do I Configure an Activity to Wait for Other Incoming Activities?
This section shows the configuration settings on the configuration screens for this activity. Other configuration settings apply to system activities. For more information, refer to:
Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

How to Start

Open Process Builder.
For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.
In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Twilio tab.
On the Twilio tab, drag the Send SMS activity onto your process.

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Send SMS activity.

Good to Know

Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.

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 Example: This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to: Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.
Description	Function: Specifies an optional text description for your activity. Accepted Values: More than one line of text. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: No

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:

Example:

This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:

Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

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

Twilio Send SMS Configuration

Specifies the SMS message to send through Twilio.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Twilio	Function: Specifies the access token that connects to your Twilio service. Accepted Values: A list of access tokens configured for your environment. Default Value: None
Create	Opens this Screen: Access Token for Twilio Function of this Screen: Configure an access token to connect to Twilio.
To	Function: Specifies the phone numbers of one or more users to whom to send the message. Accepted Values: The phone numbers of the users separated by semicolons (;) in this format: [country code][phone number with area code] Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Example: 14155552671 - In this example, 1 is country code, 415 is the area code, and 5552671 is the phone number. 912266601111 - In this example, 91 is country code 22 is area code, and 66601111 is the phone number.
User Name	Function: Specifies the AgilePoint NX user names, separated by semicolons (;). Accepted Values: A valid AgilePoint user name in this format: [domain name]\[user name] Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Example: MYDOMAIN\JANEDOE
Message Body	Function: Specifies the content of your SMS message. Accepted Values: More than one line of text. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
Map Response	Function: Specifies the connection from the Twilio API response parameters to your process schema. To Open this Field: Click the Response tab. Accepted Values: Click the Schema Mapping button to open the Schema Mapper. Use this screen to connect the response to the data model for your process. Default Value: None Example: Refer to: (Example) Schema Mapper