Sending emails with triggers in Master Data v2

Master Data Master Data v2 Sending emails with triggers in Master Data v2

There are two ways of sending emails automatically with Master Data v2 triggers:

Sending emails
Sending emails using Message Center templates

Learn more about triggers in the article Setting up triggers in Master Data v2.

Sending emails

This is the more direct method of sending emails with Master Data v2 triggers, but without the standardization provided by Message Center templates.

Properties

Field	Type	Description	Required
type	String	Action type, which must be `email`.	True
provider	String	Message Center provider name (usually named as `default`).	True
from	Object	Information about the sender.	True
↪ email	String	Sender email.	True
↪ name	String	Sender name.	True
to	Array of strings	List of recipient email addresses, separated by comma.	True
replyTo	Array	Email address for replies.	True
subject	String	Email subject.	True
body	String	Email message body.	True
bcc	Array of strings	List of email addresses that will receive a blind carbon copy (BCC) of the message.	False

Dynamic expressions

You can use dynamic expressions to deal with document properties in these settings. For more information, look at the Article on dynamic expressions.

JSON schema example


_18    {
_18      "properties": { ... },
_18      "v-triggers": [
_18        {
_18          "type": "email",
_18          "provider": "default",
_18          "subject": "Sending email with VTEX Master Data",
_18          "from": {
_18            "email": "mailfrom@email.com",
_18            "name": "My custom name"
_18          },
_18          "to": [ "test@test.com" ],
_18          "bcc": [ "testbcc@test.com" ],
_18          "replyTo": "noreply@email.com",
_18          "body": "VTEX Master Data Triggers email body"
_18        } 
_18      ]
_18    }

Sending emails using Message Center templates

See below how to set up a trigger to send emails using a Message Center template.

Properties

Field	Type	Description	Required
type	String	Action type, which must be `t-email`.	True
template	String	Name of the Message Center template.	True
provider	String	Message Center provider name (usually named as `default`).	True
from	Object	Information about the sender.	True
↪ email	String	Sender email.	True
↪ name	String	Sender name.	True
to	Array of strings	List of recipient email addresses, separated by comma.	True
replyTo	String	Email address for replies.	True
subject	String	Email subjec.t	True
body	String	Email message body.	True
bcc	Array of strings	List of email addresses that will receive a blind carbon copy (BCC) of the message.	False

JSON schema example


_29    {
_29      "properties": { ... },
_29      "v-triggers" [
_29            {
_29            "type": "t-email",
_29            "template": "template-name",
_29            "provider": "default",
_29            "subject": "My template email with VTEX Master Data",
_29            "to": [
_29                "{!email}",
_29                "test@email.com"
_29            ],
_29            "bcc": [
_29                "myemail@test.com"
_29            ],
_29            "replyTo": "noreply@company.com",
_29            "body": {
_29                        "firstName": "{firstName}",
_29                        "email": "{email}",
_29                        "id": "{!id}",
_29                        "clientName": "{!clientProfileData.firstName{!clientProfileData.lastName}",
_29                        "ownerListName": "{!customData.customApps[0fields.ownerListName}",
_29                        "ownerListEmail": "{!customData.customApps[0fields.ownerListEmail}",
_29                        "items": "{!items}",
_29                        "openTextField": "{!openTextField.value}"
_29                    }
_29        }
_29      ]
_29    }