Email Monitor Task

Email Monitor Task

Overview

The Email Monitor task allows you to monitor a Mailbox Folder for emails matching specific criteria, and to take action on any matching emails.

Built-In Variables

The following built-in variables can be used in an Email Monitor task to pass data where appropriate:

Creating an Email Monitor Task

Step 1

From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Email Monitors. The Email Monitor Tasks list displays a list of all currently defined Email Monitor tasks.
 

To the right of the list, Email Monitor Task Details for a new Email Monitor task displays.
 

Step 2

Enter/select Details for a new Email Monitor task, using the field descriptions below as a guide.

  • Required fields display an asterisk ( * ) after the field name.

  • Default values for fields, if available, display automatically.

To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:

  • Use the scroll bar.

  • Temporarily hide the list above the Details.

  • Click the 

     button above the list to display a pop-up version of the Details.

Step 3

Click the 

 button. The task is added to the database, and all buttons and tabs in the Task Details are enabled.

Note

To open an existing record on the list, either:

  • Click a record in the list to display its record Details below the list. (To clear record Details below the list, click the New button that displays above and below the Details.)

  • Clicking the Details icon next to a record name in the list, or right-click a record in the list and then click Open in the Action menu that displays, to display a pop-up version of the record Details.

  • Right-click a record in the a list, or open a record and right-click in the record Details, and then click Open In Tab in the Action menu that displays, to display the record Details under a new tab on the record list page (see Record Details as Tabs).

Email Monitor Task Details

The following Email Monitor Task Details is for an existing Email Monitor task.

Depending on the values that you enter / select for these fields, and whether or not the Email Monitor task has ever been launched, more (or less) fields may display. See the field descriptions, below, for a description of all fields that may display in the Email Monitor Task Details.
 

Email Monitor Task Details Field Descriptions

The following table describes the fields, buttons, and tabs that display in the Email Monitor Task Details.

Field Name

Description

Field Name

Description

General

This section contains general information about the task.

Name

Version

Description

Member of Business Services

Resolve Name Immediately

Time Zone Preference

Hold on Start

Hold Reason

Virtual Resource Priority

Hold Resources on Failure

Mutually Exclusive With Self

Simulate 

Override Previous Instance Wait

Email Monitor Details

This section contains assorted detailed information about the task.

Email Connection

The Credentials and Credentials Variable fields will not be shown if Authentication is OAuth 2.0 for the selected Email Connection.

The Credentials and Credentials Variable fields will be shown if Email Connection Variable is checked, however, Credentials will not be required in this case. The Email Monitor instance will transition to Start Failure status if Authentication is Password for the resolved Email Connection and Credentials is not specified.

Email Connection Variable

Credentials

Credentials Variable

Filter Logic

Use Advanced Criteria

Sent Restriction

Sent On

Sent On Date

Sent Before

Sent Before Date

Sent Before Offset

Sent After

Sent After Date

Sent After Offset

Received Restriction

Received On

Received On Date

Received Before

Received Before Date

Received Before Offset

Received After

Received After Date

Received After Offset

Include Read Mail

Mailbox Folder

Action

Move To Trash

Mailbox Folder Destination

Body Variables

Begin Marker

End Marker

Time Limit

Time Limit Unit

Expiration Action

Email Content Processing

Content Value

Case Sensitive Content

Email Monitor Criteria

This section contains criteria for selecting emails to monitor.

From Filter

From

To Filter

To

Cc Filter

Cc

Subject Filter

Subject

Body Filter

Body

Note

If an email being monitored does not contain the body in plain text, but only in HTML format, a plain text body will be generated from the HTML body content.

Case Sensitive

Wait / Delay Options

This section contains specifications for waiting to start and/or delaying on start the task.

Wait To Start

Wait Time

Wait Day Constraint

Wait Duration

Wait Duration In Seconds

Delay On Start

Delay Duration

Delay Duration In Seconds

Workflow Only

Time Options

This section contains time-related statistics for task instances of the task.

Late Start

Late Start Type

Late Start Time

Late Start Day Constraint

Late Start Nth Amount

Late Start Duration

Late Finish

Late Finish Type

Late Finish Offset Type

Late Finish Percentage Offset ( + )

Late Finish Duration Offset ( + )

Late Finish Duration Offset Unit

Late Finish Time

Late Finish Day Constraint

Late Finish Nth Amount

Late Finish Duration

Early Finish

Early Finish Type

Early Finish Offset Type

Early Finish Percentage Offset ( - )

Early Finish Duration Offset ( - )

Early Finish Duration Offset Unit

Early Finish Time

Early Finish Day Constraint

Early Finish Nth Amount

Early Finish Duration

User Estimated Duration

Critical Path Options

This section contains Critical Path-related specifications for the task.

CP Duration

CP Duration (Resolved)

CP Duration Unit

Workflow Execution Options

This section contains Execution Restriction specifications for the task if it is within a Workflow.

Execution Restriction

Restriction Period

Before Date

Before Time

After Date

After Time

Date List

Self-Service Options

This section contains Self-Service specifications for the task.

Enforce Variables 

Lock Variables 

Statistics

This section contains time-related statistics for task instances of the task.

First Execution

Last Execution

Last Instance Duration

Lowest Instance Time

Average Instance Time

Highest Instance Time