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Tip
An easy way to create the files that the typical OLConnect email flow needs, is to use a
Sample Project. See "Sample Project: Basic Email" on page143. You would use all
files except the Workflow configuration file.
The structure of an OL Connect email flow
In an OL Connect email flow only one plugin is essential: the email content plugin.
The email content node creates a set of emails, using the Email context in a Connect template.
If the template doesn't need any data, set msg.payload to an empty JSON string: {}.
If the template should be merged with data, you will need to provide the required data. The data
can be the output of tasks like:
l An OL Connect data mapping task which retrieves data from the job file (such as the
request XML). In addition to creating records in the Connect database, this task can
output the (IDs of the) records.
l An OL Connect data get node which retrieves an existing record set from the Connect
database.
l A standard create file node that creates a JSON file.
l Etc.
Which node or nodes fit best, depends on where the data come from.
Tip
A number of nodes accept runtime parameters. These can be passed via the
parameters property of the msg object which is passed between nodes. For example,
a runtime parameter named brandId would be passed via
msg.parameters.brandId. Use a function node or change node to set the property.
Files used in an OL Connect email flow
Before creating the email flow in the editor of Node-RED you will need to create:
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