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Generating Email output from Workflow
Here'showtogenerateEmailoutputfromWorkflow:
1. SendtherequiredfilestoPlanetPressWorkflow:thetemplatethatcontainstheEmailcontext,
andanydatamappingconfigurationthatyouwanttousetoextractdatafromadatafile.See:
"SendingfilestoWorkflow"onpage418.
Note: IftheinputdataisJSON,adatamappingconfigurationisn'tneeded.
2. CreateaprocessinPlanetPressWorkflow.See:"EmailprocesseswithOLConnecttasks"on
page171.
Testing Email output for different email clients
Itcan'tbeguaranteedthatcontentwilllookthesameinallemailclients,particularlywhenitcomesto
olderclientversions,soitisrecommendedtoalwaystestandvalidatetheoutputbysendingatest
email.
AnexampleofatoolthatcanfacilitatetestingtoensureaconsistentlookandfeelisLitmus:https://l-
itmus.com/email-testing.
IfyouhaveaLitmusaccount,youcanenteryourLitmustestaddresswhensendingatestemail(see
"GeneratingEmailoutputfromConnectDesigner"onthepreviouspage).
Tonarrowdownthefieldofpotentialemailclientsbyfindingoutwhichemailclientsaremostcommonly
usedbyyourtargetaudienceyoucanuseLitmus'analyticstool(seehttps://litmus.com/email-
analytics).
Aborting content creation
Youmaywantthecontentcreationprocesstobeabortedincertainsituations;forexample,whenatem-
platescriptfailstoloadremotecontent.Toabortthecontentcreationprocess,youmayraiseafatal
errorfromwithinascriptinthetemplate;see"fatalError(message)"onpage1173.
WhenascriptcallsthisfunctioninPreviewmode,thescriptthattriggersitismarkedwithanerroricon
intheScriptspane,andthegivenmessageisdisplayedinahint.
WhengeneratingoutputfromtheDesigner,theDesignerwilllogtheerroranddisplayanerrordialog
withthegivenmessage.Contentcreationisaborted.
WhengeneratingoutputfromWorkflow,theentirejobfails.Workflowwilllogtheerrorandexecuteany
follow-upactionsthataredefinedintheOnErrortaboftherespectiveOLConnectContentCreation
task(AllinOne,CreateEmailContent,CreatePrintContent,CreatePreviewPDF,CreateWebCon-
tentandRenderEmailContent).Formoreinformationabouthowtosetupfollow-upactions,seeUsing
theOnErrortabintheWorkflowHelp.
Using an ESP with PlanetPress Connect
Anemailserviceprovider(ESP)isacompanythatoffersemailmarketingorbulkemailservices.
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