Attaching workitem to mail step

Dear all,
I am working on a scenario in which when ever Notification of Type 'N' is created , a workflow get triggered and the workitem goes for approval to a authorized person, now that person can attach a note to that workitem and make rejection or approval at his wich.
Now i want to send a mial to the user in SAP inbox only which should have the attachment that the approver has ,made..
Is it possible if yes then please guide me.
Thanks and Regards,
Rachit khanna

Hi Rachit,
There are 2 options.
One is adding the container element to the body of email sent to workflow.
That is the reject reason entered by the manager is stored in a varaible and you can import that data into a container element and that container element can be added at task level to the body of mail, which will appear in the body of mail.
Second option is using a SELFITEM-NOTE_CREATE instead of giving the manager an option to enter the reason.
Allowing him to Enter the subject and body of the mail, which will be mandatory. You need to import attachment from the approval task to workflow and then that attachment to be exported to the mail task, which will have the attachment to the mail sent.
Let, me know if you need more description or any other clarifications.
bye,
Sudhir.

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