The default trk_milestone.msg notification file uses the listed workflow system variables. Some notification information is taken from the exposed log fields. If you disable the fields, you cannot use the field values in the notification. All field variables are case-sensitive.
Field variable | Exposed | Description |
---|---|---|
$F_SUBJPREFIX | String containing the prefix for the subject line of the notification message. | |
$F_WEBSERVER | String containing the name of the Application Engine server that a participant must attach to in order to respond to the notice. The name is also used to supply the background and notification type images. The $F_WEBSERVER value is retrieved from the Web Applications Server Base URL setting for the workflow system or isolated region. The isolated region value overrides the workflow system value. | |
$F_Subject | yes | String containing the subject that is entered by the user when a workflow is started. |
$F_Originator[1] | yes | Integer containing the user ID of the participant that started the workflow. |
$F_StartTime | yes | String containing the time that the workflow was created. Except for the initial work item of the workflow, it is different from the $F_CreateTime value. |
$F_WORKFLOW_DEADLINE | String containing a computed value. The value represents the result of the following computation: F_StartTime + F_WFDeadline(*60). (The F_WFDeadline field contains the workflow deadline value, in minutes.) | |
$F_MILESTONE_NAME | String containing the name of the milestone that was reached. This name is the name of the milestone as it was defined in Process Designer. | |
$F_Text | yes | String containing the text that is entered in the Message field, in Process Designer, when the milestone is defined. Typically the string contains additional information about what the milestone notification means to the user who received it. |
In addition to these default variables, you can add optional variables in the notification file.
The shipped trk_milestone.msg file contains the following HTML formatting (variables appear in bold text):
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<$F_SUBJPREFIX Workflow Milestone Reached: >
<title>Workflow Tracker Milestone Notification</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#6666FF" vlink="#C0C0C0" alink="#6666FF">
<blockquote>
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td align="left"><strong>Subject: </strong></td>
<td align="left"><$F_Subject></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><strong>Launched By: </strong></td>
<td align="left"><$F_Originator[1]></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><strong>Launched On: </strong></td>
<td align="left"><$F_StartTime></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><strong>Deadline: </strong></td>
<td align="left"><$F_WORKFLOW_DEADLINE></td>
</tr>
</table>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<p>
<font color="#FF0000">
The Milestone, <$F_MILESTONE_NAME>, has been reached with the following message:<br>
<$F_Text>
</font>
</p>
</body>
</html>