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E-mail templates for task completion : Variables using formal notation
 

Variables using formal notation

A reference variable can be specified using the formal notation ${dsName}. A user can specify any of the input or output dataslot with this notation in any place. E-mail parser replaces all dataslots enclosed in {} with the corresponding value. In general, ${dsName} notation can be used to refer the value and it can be used at any place.
"Please make the payment for the invoice "${INV_ID}" dated as ${INV_DATE} sent to you few weeks before"
Note: INV_ID and INV_DATE are dataslots. E-mail parser replaces all occurrences of dataslot values enclosed in {} in any part of the e-mail content with the corresponding values at the time of activation of the workstep.
After parsing, the above sentence looks as follows:
"Please make the payment of the invoice "12345" dated as 03/Mar/2005 sent to you few weeks before"