Sending a simple email

This worked example shows how the Email connector can be used to send a simple email from a flow.

Before you begin

Before using this worked example, ensure that you are familiar with the following concepts and procedures:

• Installing the Email connector. See Email connector.

• Creating new flows. See Creating a new flow.

• Setting up flows using steps on the flow canvas, and running/publishing flows. See Building and publishing flows.

About this worked example

This worked example is provided for illustration purposes only, to demonstrate the example steps and settings involved in using the Email connector to send a simple email from a flow.

Installing the Email connector

The Email connector is first installed and configured to allow emails to be sent from within the flow. In this example, the is configured to send emails from a Gmail account, which requires additional configuration.

• Email connector

• Configuring Gmail with the Email connector

Setting up the flow

Once the Email connector is installed and imported, a new flow is created and named "Email connector - send email (simple)".

To use the Email connector in the new flow, it is imported into the flow as a shared step. Shared steps are 'global' tenant steps that can be shared and re-used across multiple flows within a tenant. See Shared Steps..

In this example, the simple flow consists of 2 steps:

• A message step connects to the connector and sends the email using a Send email (simple) message action.

• A step step provides a confirmation page once the message action has been performed and the email has been sent.

Message: A single Send Email (Simple) message action is added to the message step, and the values created and configured as follows:

• Body: A simple "Hello. This is the body of the email." message is entered.

• From: The Gmail email address set up for the Email connector is entered.

• Subject: A simple "This is the subject of the email." message is entered.

• To: The recipient email address(es) are entered, separated by a semi-colon.

Step: A simple "The email was sent." message is entered into the presentation step.

Running the flow and sending the email

When the flow is run:

• The message action is performed, and the email is sent to the recipient(s).

• The flow then proceeds to the presentation step, displaying the "The email was sent." message to the user.

• The recipient(s) receive an email using the body and subject values that were set up in the message action.