Notification workflow activity
The Notification activity sends an email or SMS message to specified users or groups.
Input variables
Update the recipients list or delete the activity from the flow if you want to stop the notifications.
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Addressees | |
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To |
The users who will be recipients of the email. |
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To (groups) |
The members of the groups that will be recipients of the email. |
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Advanced |
If selected, the script in the To (script) field is called to specify additional recipients of the email. |
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To (script) |
If Advanced is selected, this script is called and should set the variable answer to a comma-separated list of user or group sys_ids that you want to add as recipients of the email. |
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Message | |
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Subject |
The subject line of the email. |
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Message |
The email body that is sent. To include the value of a field in the message body, place the cursor at the point in the text where you want the field's value inserted. Then click the + icon next to Fields and select the field you want. |
The activity state tells the workflow engine what to do with the activity.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Executing | The workflow engine knows to start the run function of the activity. |
| Finished | The activity finished running. See the result value for the outcome of the activity. |
| Cancelled | This activity, or the workflow that contains this activity, was canceled. |
--- title: Notification workflow activity description: The Notification activity sends an email or SMS message to specified users or groups. locale: en-US release: brazil topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 1 --- # Notification workflow activity The **Notification** activity sends an email or SMS message to specified users or groups. ## Input variables Update the recipients list or delete the activity from the flow if you want to stop the notifications. <table id="table_edm_z4l_gh"><thead><tr><th> Field </th><th> Description </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="subhead" colspan="2"> Addressees </td></tr><tr><td> To </td><td> The users who will be recipients of the email. </td></tr><tr><td> To \(groups\) </td><td> The members of the groups that will be recipients of the email. </td></tr><tr><td> Advanced </td><td> If selected, the script in the **To \(script\)** field is called to specify additional recipients of the email. </td></tr><tr><td> To \(script\) </td><td> If **Advanced** is selected, this script is called and should set the variable *answer* to a comma-separated list of user or group sys\_ids that you want to add as recipients of the email. </td></tr><tr><td class="subhead" colspan="2"> Message </td></tr><tr><td> Subject </td><td> The subject line of the email. </td></tr><tr><td> Message </td><td> The email body that is sent. To include the value of a field in the message body, place the cursor at the point in the text where you want the field's value inserted. Then click the + icon next to **Fields** and select the field you want. </td></tr></tbody> </table>## States The activity state tells the workflow engine what to do with the activity. |Field|Description| |-----|-----------| |Executing|The workflow engine knows to start the `run` function of the activity.| |Finished|The activity finished running. See the result value for the outcome of the activity.| |Cancelled|This activity, or the workflow that contains this activity, was canceled.|
| title | Notification workflow activity |
| description | The Notification activity sends an email or SMS message to specified users or groups. |
| locale | en-US |
| release | brazil |
| topic_type | reference |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |