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  • 1.  Generate a notification (email) when the Start Date of an Idea is within 90 days

    Posted Sep 16, 2022 11:41 AM
    Hello.

    Our intake process is via Ideas.  The user then continues to complete the Idea form and then submits it for approval. 

    We have a business need to send an auto-generated email to all Idea owners where the Idea Start Date is within 90 days to remind them to perform certain activities.

    I was thinking of creating a Job (i have no experience with this), but after reading through Broadcom technical docs, I'm not sure if this is the best route.  Any ideas from this forum?

    Thanks.


  • 2.  RE: Generate a notification (email) when the Start Date of an Idea is within 90 days

    Posted Sep 18, 2022 03:48 PM
    I don't currently have access to a Clarity environment so I can't test this, but from memory you have 3 options (using the Classic UX, I can't speak to the Modern UX):

    1. I'm pretty sure you can create a process on the Idea object which triggers when the Start Date gets to 90 days out. I think there are fields in the process design screen to set the trigger (90 days out) and the action to take (notification to users).
    2. You can create a process on the Idea object which triggers includes a GEL script to send a custom email to specific users or participants.
    3. You can create a process which is not attached to an object, but runs across all Ideas looking for those where the Start Date is 90 days out, and sends a custom email to a set of users or groups detailing all of those Ideas.

    As I say I don't currently have access to a Clarity environment to provide examples of these, but any or all of them should work depending on your requirements.


  • 3.  RE: Generate a notification (email) when the Start Date of an Idea is within 90 days

    Posted Sep 26, 2022 03:56 PM
    How do I set the Start condition in the process for 'Start Date is < 90 days'?  I only see an option to compare the Start Date to constants or to another variable.

    Please advise.

    Thanks.


  • 4.  RE: Generate a notification (email) when the Start Date of an Idea is within 90 days

    Posted Sep 26, 2022 09:05 PM
    I have no way to test this, but can you use the undocumented "dateMacro" function?
    https://community.broadcom.com/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MID=722434