Topic area: Email Notifications I have a development where I need to

dgoninon over 11 years ago

Topic area: Email Notifications

I have a development where I need to notify the current task owner of an update to the process, however I am not able to retrieve the current user that has taken action on the active task in order to notify them via email that an update has been made.

The update is that the initiator has added a note to the process via a quick task.

Question: Is there a way to use the current owner of the active task in a sub process in order to send an email?...

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0 balajik over 11 years ago

you can try loggedInUser()
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0 srinivasank
Certified Associate Developer
over 11 years ago

You might get the current task owner using reports.
Please refer the link below.
forum.appian.com/.../e-76084

or else you have to put those notes into the form field, and check "Refresh default values every time the task form is viewed " in the other tab of that form. So that whenever the notes are updating, the current task owner can see it.
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0 Sathya Srinivasan
Appian Employee
over 11 years ago

So what is the end goal? To display the changed data in the form or to notify the task owner? If its the former, you can use the "Refresh form data every time the form is viewed" which is a check-box available under the "Other" tab
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0 Sathya Srinivasan
Appian Employee
over 11 years ago

... of the User input task. What this does is to refresh the data in the form. This only leaves you to focus on updating the pv! or the source of data with the correct value.
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0 Sathya Srinivasan
Appian Employee
over 11 years ago

.. Be advised to be prudent is using this feature. I would recommend using this for only those areas where you know for sure that the data should be up-to-date.
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0 dgoninon over 11 years ago

Is there an easier way to to get the current task owner, other than using a report? Will Appian be implementing functionality to make this easier in future releases?
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