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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Start a task from an email link</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/38593/start-a-task-from-an-email-link</link><description>Hi All 
 
 I am working on version 24.3! 
 My scenario is, in the SITE provided to the users there is an Active Tasks page where user is shown the tasks as a link. On clicking the link; at the backend we have used a!startProcessLink() to start the appropriate</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Start a task from an email link</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/145681?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:57:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:f69d5130-6701-42b0-86c7-eb0ab37095b0</guid><dc:creator>komalc3</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks &lt;a href="/members/stefanhelzle0001"&gt;Stefan Helzle&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for replying!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Start a task from an email link</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/145680?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:51:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:7ef879c7-d335-4562-be21-eac517da2bd3</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Helzle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Appian does not support starting a process from a link coming from an external web page or email.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Start a task from an email link</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/145679?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:49:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:58b28d1a-4380-4afa-a8d2-bbc4e70b76e6</guid><dc:creator>komalc3</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi &amp;nbsp;Thanks for replying!! If you can&amp;nbsp;elaborate how Web API can help in my scenario. As far as i understand you are saying that the email link should call a Web API rather than calling a!startProcessLink()?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Start a task from an email link</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/145678?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:38:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c785a3ba-4302-4e4e-a340-869a9480e63e</guid><dc:creator>Karumuru Abhishek</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;a href="/members/komalc3"&gt;komalc3&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;startProcessLink() is a reaction tree that only works within Appian interfaces; it cannot be directly used in an email. Did you check if there is any way from WebApi?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>