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2654427 - Missing Attachment in the Email Received Using Workflow

Symptom

Created appointment has a PDF Attachment.The workflow is triggered and email is received, however received email does is without an attachment.

Environment

SAP Hybris Cloud For Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Administrator work center.
  2. Go to the Workflow Rules view.
  3. Click on the New button and select Business Object as Appointment from drop down option with Rule type "E-mail"  and Timing as On Every Save/Scheduled.
  4. Click on Next and go to the Define Conditions section.
  5. Fileds "Always Send E-Mail" , "Create E-Mail Activity"  and "Add Attachment " are checked.
  6. An activity is created which holds an attachment "XXXX" (where XXXX is the name of an activity).
  7. Activity is saved and workflow is triggered  succssfully to send an email. Received  email does not show attachment XXXX.

Cause

This features of sending  the Files present  as an attachment of Appointment using workflow does not exist.

Resolution

This is expected system behaviour.

When a Workflow is created for an Activity Business Object, Attachments in the created activity will not be will not be replicated  and received via email.

Workflow supports two ways to send Attachment in the email.

1. Standard template which are  exposed by Application owners can be used to send as attachment via workflow by following below steps:
      - Select the option "PDF Form Template" in "Define Action section",  while defining workflow rule. Select the option "PDF Form Template". This selects
        standard template exposed by application which can be send as an attachment.

2. In case user wants to send their own custom template, then 
       - Define workflow rule and select the checkbox "Add Attachment", in "Define Action section" step.
       - Custom logic to attach any template, must be created by the user.

Keywords

PDF, activity, attachment, workflow rule, receive email, template, Not received, file, custom, logic, action , KBA , pdf, activity, attachment, workflow rule , LOD-CRM-WKF , Workflow , LOD-CRM-ACT , Activities , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions