Customizing / Creating Email Notifications

Question

Ok, so I have asked this question already in an earlier post. About creating/formulating E-mail Notifications, based on Information gathered/input in a Customized User Form.
Here is a copy of my previous posting
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I am in the process of customizing User Forms, and I would like to implement a trigger (if that's the right name for it) in the XML script, which will execute a Rule (or some code) that will result in an email being sent.
For example, the following simple script (selection from a dropdown menu) :
*<Field name='orderlunch'>*
*<Display class='Select' action='true'>*
*<Property name='title' value='Order Lunch'/>*
*<Property name='allowedValues'>*
*<List>*
*<String>- Please Select -</String>*
*<String>Yes</String>*
*<String>No</String>*
*</List>*
*</Property>*
*</Display>*
*</Field>*
A small XML code, to indicate an order for lunch.
naturally, if the user selects "No", then nothing happens.
But, if he selects "Yes", then I would like to automatically send an Email Notification to the appropriate person, notifying him that lunch has been ordered. (of course, I would need to indicate such things as WHO ordered the lunch, WHEN, etc, etc. But, I will get into that later)
Does anyone know how this can be done?
*(a) Could I insert the trigger/condition/whatever right into the main XML script itself?*
Or
*(b) should I write a code which will call on/invoke a separate Rule, which will subsequently send the email?*
If (b) is the right answer, then how would I go about creating such a Rule, and linking it to the main XML script?
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Apparently, my question is too difficult, since there were only a couple of replies, and nobody seemed to have a solution to the problem.
So, I'll try to ask something much simpler : Is there ANY way to customize/create custom "E-mail Notifications"  in IDM ?

Answer 1

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You should have read my answer to your previous post. Several people answered you already.
*(a) Could I insert the trigger/condition/whatever right into the main XML script itself?*Yes. You need to call the rule. I'd do it on the validation stage but there's multiple ways of doing it and it really depends on your specific needs.
*(b) should I write a code which will call on/invoke a separate Rule, which will subsequently send the email?*
If (b) is the right answer, then how would I go about creating such a Rule, and linking it to the main XML script? See my previous post. It shows you how to call the rule. Defining a rule is relatively simple and is pretty well documented and there are existing examples in a default install of IDM that you can check-out and use as reference templates.
Apparently, my question is too difficult, since there were only a couple of replies, and nobody seemed to have a solution to the problem.The question isn't difficult. It's just very broad. Lets see what you're asking:
- rule definition
- rule execution
- an explanation of the various stages of form processing
- an explanation of the various stages of workflow processing
- how to call sub-tasks
- how to customize sub-tasks
- how to define email templates
There's a lot there. You need to take some of what has been told to you in the forum and use that to guide your search in the existing documentation.
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So, I'll try to ask something much simpler : Is there ANY way to customize/create custom "E-mail Notifications"  in IDM ?
The answer is yes, but you're on your own in determining how to do that. You've become quite the jerk in this forum. Read the docs, go on some training if you can afford it. What you need to know about how to implement rules, email templates and custom notifications is all there.