K1000 Service Desk: Custom Variables in Email Notifications
I have a rule to send an email to the user on ticket creation including the custom ticket fields we've created. All of the custom fields display correctly except one ($wisdnum) and i can't figure out why. Here is the query:
SELECT
-- ticket fields
HD_TICKET.ID, -- $id
HD_TICKET.ID AS TICKNUM, -- $ticknum
HD_TICKET.TITLE, -- $title
DATE_FORMAT(HD_TICKET.CREATED,'%b %d %Y %I:%i:%s %p') AS CREATED, -- $created
DATE_FORMAT(HD_TICKET.MODIFIED,'%b %d %Y %I:%i:%s %p') AS MODIFIED, -- $modified
-- change fields
C.COMMENT, -- $comment
C.DESCRIPTION, -- $description
GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT('----- Change by ', UPDATER.EMAIL,' at ',H.TIMESTAMP,' -----\n',
H.DESCRIPTION,'\n',H.COMMENT,'\n\nPlease see your ticket at http://kbox.wacoisd.org/userui/ticket.php?ID=',H.HD_TICKET_ID,'\n')
ORDER BY H.ID DESC SEPARATOR '\n') HISTORY, -- $history
-- about the updater
UPDATER.USER_NAME AS UPDATER_UNAME, -- $updater_uname
UPDATER.FULL_NAME AS UPDATER_FNAME, -- $updater_fname
UPDATER.EMAIL AS UPDATER_EMAIL, -- $updater_email
IF(UPDATER.FULL_NAME='',UPDATER.USER_NAME,UPDATER.FULL_NAME) AS UPDATER_CONDITIONAL, -- $updater_conditional
-- about the owner
OWNER.USER_NAME AS OWNER_UNAME, -- $owner_uname
OWNER.FULL_NAME AS OWNER_FNAME, -- $owner_fname
OWNER.EMAIL AS OWNER_EMAIL, -- $owner_email
IFNULL(OWNER.USER_NAME,'Unassigned') OWNER_USER, -- $owner_user
-- about the submitter
SUBMITTER.USER_NAME AS SUBMITTER_UNAME, -- $submitter_uname
SUBMITTER.FULL_NAME AS SUBMITTER_FNAME, -- $submitter_fname
SUBMITTER.EMAIL AS SUBMITTER_EMAIL, -- $submitter_email
-- about priority
P.NAME AS PRIORITY, -- $priority
-- about status
S.NAME AS STATUS, -- $status
-- about impact
I.NAME AS IMPACT, -- $impact
-- about category
CAT.NAME AS CATEGORY, -- $category
-- other fields
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE0 AS LOCATION, -- $location
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE1 AS ROOM, -- $room
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE2 AS WISD_NUM, -- $wisdnum
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE7 AS EQUIPMENT, -- $equipment
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE5 AS DESCRIPTION, -- $description
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE6 AS USER_EMAIL, -- $user_email
-- -- example of static distribution list
'helpdesk@wacoisd.org' AS NEWTICKETEMAIL -- $newticketemail
FROM HD_TICKET
/* latest change ***/ JOIN HD_TICKET_CHANGE C ON C.HD_TICKET_ID = HD_TICKET.ID
/*AND C.ID=<CHANGE_ID>*/
/* complete history*/ JOIN HD_TICKET_CHANGE H ON H.HD_TICKET_ID = HD_TICKET.ID
/* priority ********/ JOIN HD_PRIORITY P ON P.ID=HD_PRIORITY_ID
/* status **********/ JOIN HD_STATUS S ON S.ID=HD_STATUS_ID
/* impact-severity */ JOIN HD_IMPACT I ON I.ID=HD_IMPACT_ID
/* category ********/ JOIN HD_CATEGORY CAT ON CAT.ID=HD_CATEGORY_ID
/* owner ***********/ LEFT JOIN USER OWNER ON OWNER.ID = HD_TICKET.OWNER_ID
/* submitter *******/ LEFT JOIN USER SUBMITTER ON SUBMITTER.ID = HD_TICKET.SUBMITTER_ID
/* updater *********/ LEFT JOIN USER UPDATER ON UPDATER.ID = C.USER_ID
WHERE
C.DESCRIPTION LIKE 'TICKET CREATED%'
/* this is necessary when using group by functions */
GROUP BY HD_TICKET.ID
HAVING 1=1
and here is the format for the email being sent (and it is sending successfully):
The submission was:
Ticket: $ticknum
From: $submitter_fname ($submitter_email)
Location: $location
Room: $room
Equipment: $equipment
Service Tag or WISD: $wisdnum
Description: $description
Opening Comment: $comment
So all the other variables get filled in, but Service Tag or WISD says "$wisdnum". Any ideas why?
Answers (1)
This is going to sound strange but did you try putting an underscore for &wisdnum? You did that for user_email and indicated that worked.
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE2 AS WISD_NUM, -- $wisdnum
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE6 AS USER_EMAIL, -- $user_email
Comments:
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Hmmm... I'll try it, but I have another variable $ticknum that correctly displays the ticket number.
BUT... Just tried it and it worked. Wonder why. Thanks! - lmland 11 years ago -
I don't think it's related to the type of field but mainly the syntax. you did the following for ticket
D_TICKET.ID AS TICKNUM, -- $ticknum
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE6 AS USER_EMAIL, -- $user_email
this AS statement is the only one incorrect for the $ variable. Im sure you could have either added the _ like you did or removed it from the AS statement and said AS WISDNUM and it would have worked.
HD_TICKET.CUSTOM_FIELD_VALUE2 AS WISD_NUM, -- $wisdnum - nshah 11 years ago -
That makes sense. Didn't notice or realize the variables had to match. Thanks! - lmland 11 years ago