Creating a Template for an Email Alert Action

Email Message Template Editor is used to create and manage templates that are used for e-mail alert messages. The Template Editor dialog box includes a section at the top for creating, selecting, and managing templates. The bottom portion of the dialog box is used for editing a selected template. You can type a customized e-mail message into the editor and insert variables representing data values directly into the e-mail text.

Steps:

1. Click the Template Editor button on Email Alert Action Parameters dialog box. The Template Editor dialog box appears.
2. Click New to create a new template.
3. Enter a name for the new template.
4. Enter the text that will appear in the body of the email alert.
5. Select fields from the Message Definition Fields list and click Insert Field to insert dynamic field values into the body of the email. For time and date fields, the time and date formats to appear in the email can be selected from the Date Format and Time Format drop-down lists.
6. Click Apply Template to save the template. The new template appears in the list at the top of the Template Editor dialog box.
7. Click OK. When you return to the Email Alert Action Parameters dialog box, the new template appears in the Template drop-down list.