Send Email (Twilio SendGrid) activity

An activity that sends an email in Twilio SendGrid.


Send Email activity

Configure the Send Email activity

Prerequisites

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Twilio SendGrid tab.

    Open Twilio SendGrid tab
  3. On the Twilio SendGrid tab, drag the Send Email activity onto your process.

    Drag Send Email activity

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Send Email activity.

Figure: General Configuration screen

General Configuration screen

Good to Know

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

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Display Name

Description:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Allowed Values:
One line of text (a string).

Accepted:

  • Letters
  • Numbers
  • Spaces
Default Value:
None
Accepts 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

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

Send Email Configuration

Specifies the information to send an email in Twilio SendGrid.

Figure: Send Email Configuration screen

Send Email Configuration screen

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Twilio SendGrid

Description:
Specifies the access token that connects to your Twilio SendGrid service.
Allowed Values:
A list of access tokens configured for your environment.
Default Value:
None

Create Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for Twilio SendGrid
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to Twilio SendGrid.

Subject

Description:
Specifies the subject line for your email.
Allowed Values:
One line of text (a string) that can have letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

Body Content Type

Description:
Specifies the format to use to send the email to the recipients from Twilio SendGrid.
Allowed Values:
  • Plain Text - Sends the email as plain text.
  • HTML - Sends the email in HTML format.
Default Value:
Plain Text

Body

Description:
Specifies the content of your email.
To Open this Field:
  1. On the Send Email Configuration screen, select Plain Text.
Allowed Values:
More than one line of text.

Format:

  • Plain text
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

Body

Description:
Specifies the content of your email.
To Open this Field:
  1. On the Send Email Configuration screen, select HTML.
Allowed Values:
More than one line of text.

Format:

  • HTML
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

From

Description:
Specifies the email address of the verified sender to use to send the email.

The email address specified in this field must be a verified sender in your Twilio SendGrid environment.

Allowed Values:
One line of text (a string) in email address format.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

To

Description:
Specifies the recipients for your email.
Allowed Values:
A list of email addresses, separated by semicolons (;).
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

Cc

Description:
Specifies the recipients to carbon copy on your email.
Allowed Values:
A list of email addresses, separated by semicolons (;).
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

Bcc

Description:
Specifies the users to receive a blind carbon copy of your email.
Allowed Values:
A list of email addresses, separated by semicolons (;).
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

Attach File From Document Repository

Description:
Specifies whether to add a file as an attachment to the email from a data source.
Allowed Values:
  • Selected - Opens the Source Repository screen to configure a file attachment to the email.
  • Deselected - Sends the email without an attachment.
Default Value:
Deselected

Source Repository

Specifies the original, or source, location type for your attachment files.

Figure: Source Repository screen

Source Repository screen

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Source Repository

Opens this Screen:
The configuration screen for your document repository. The specific screen that shows depends on your document repository type.

For more information, refer to Document Repositories.

Function of this Screen:
Configures your document repository.