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Creating an automated message to give the customer tracking details

If an order is being sent by a shipping company, these details can be sent to the customer with a delivery note included

If the tracking details are entered into the purchase order by the supplier and the delivery note is created from that, they are copied to the delivery note. Otherwise, they can be manually entered on the delivery note for use in this message.

Open the delivery note pre-build

1. Click this link.

Zigaflow dashboard with the settings gear icon highlighted in the top-right toolbar, next to the notifications bell

2. Click "Prebuilds"

Settings menu list with the Prebuilds option highlighted, between Module Defaults and Rename System Fields

3. Click "Delivery Notes"

Pre-Builds settings page with the Delivery Notes tab highlighted in the left-hand list of record types

4. Edit the pre-build

Template list with Document Templates column showing With Batch Numbers, edit icon highlighted on the second row

5. Click "Automated Messages"

Record tabs row with the Automated Messages (2) tab highlighted next to Tasks, Feedback and Questions tabs

Create the automated message

6. Click "New Automated Message"

Automated Messages tab of a pre-build with the New Automated Message button highlighted above the list of existing messages

7. Click "Blank"

Automated Messages tab with the New Automated Message dropdown open and the Blank option highlighted above a dispatch template

8. Give the message a name (for internal use only)

Automated Message window with the Name field highlighted, filled in as "Order dispatched" for internal reference

9. Make sure the message is "Active"

Automated Message window with the green Active toggle highlighted, set to send immediately when status changes to Dispatched

10. Set the status to the one you want to trigger the email on

Automated message trigger settings with the With the Status dropdown highlighted and set to Dispatched

Set the recipient and sender

11. Put {ClientContactEmail} in the "To" field

Send Email section with the To field highlighted, containing the {ClientContactEmail} variable for the automated message

12. Set either the assigned user's email or a specific account, such as [email protected]

Send Email action panel with the From field highlighted, set to {AssignedUserEmail} beneath the To and Cc fields

Add the subject and tracking details

13. Enter a subject. Use the {LinkedJobs} variable to refer to the Job/Sales Order number

Email message form with the {LinkedJobs} variable highlighted in the Subject field "Your order {LinkedJobs} has been dispatched

14. Add these tags to the email text:

{TrackingShipper} - the name of the shipping company

{TrackingLink} - this will take the customer to that shipper's tracking page with the tracking number pre-set

Email message editor with {TrackingShipper} and {TrackingLink} variables highlighted in the dispatch notification body

15. Tick this to include the Delivery Note PDF with the email

Email message editor with tracking variables, highlighting the checked Include PDF box above Include All Shareable Attachments

Test and copy the message

16. Check the email works

Automated message email editor containing a {TrackingLink} variable, with the Save & Preview button highlighted

17. If any variables are not recognized, they will still have the {} brackets around them. Note that on the template, there is not data for tracking, but this will populate on a resulting delivery note.

Click the "x" to close

Preview Scheduled Email window on the Email Preview tab, with the close X button highlighted in the top-right corner

18. Click "×"

Automated Message window with the close (×) button highlighted in the top-right corner, above Feedback and Send Email options

19. The message can be easily copied to other delivery note pre-builds using the "Copy to Other Pre-Builds" button

Automated Messages tab on a delivery note pre-build with the Copy to Other Pre-Builds button highlighted
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