Translating email action buttons and related messages

Email action buttons (action buttons that users can access directly from email) and accompanying messages can be translated. The sections that follow describe some general information about translated action buttons and the variables that can be used with them.

Email action buttons to be translated have the following characteristics:

  • In the table that follows, references such as "(%1s)" are placeholders for live variables. For example, in the string...

    (workunit %1$s, activity %2$s)

    ..."%1$s" is replaced by the current workunit number, and "%2$s" is replaced by the current activity.

    During translations, you might want to keep these placeholders in the translated text. If you decide to use them, you cannot change the order of the placeholder: "(activity %1$s, workunit %2$s)" will result in undesired values. However, "(workunit %1$s, activity %2$s)" and "(activity %2$s, workunit %1$s)" are equivalent.

  • In an earlier version of IPA, customized email headers were stored in emailHeader.txt.

    Any headers in emailHeader.txt were moved to the translation table (when you upgraded to the current version of the product). The messages will work as they did in the past unless you decide to change them. If you do want to change them, follow instructions earlier in this section.

    See Translated messages in a process.

The following table lists variables that are delivered with IPA in the translation table. These variables are messages that are displayed in the browser when users take an action.

Variable Default text display
EMAIL_ACTIONS_ACTION_PROCESSED Your action (%1$s) has been processed.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_ACTIVITY_NOT_FOUND The activity you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s, activity %2$s) is not waiting for a user action. An action may already have been taken, or the user action may have timed out. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_ACTIVITY_NOT_STARTED The activity you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s, activity %2$s) is not a user action. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_ACTIVITY_NOT_USER_ACTION The activity you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s, activity %2$s) is not a user action. Contact your administrator for more information.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_MISSING_PARAMETER Missing parameter: %1$s.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_QUEUE_ASSIGNMENT_MISMATCH The queue record you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s, activity %2$s) is no longer routed to you. It is likely that the work item was escalated and routed to a backup user. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_QUEUE_NOT_FOUND The queue record you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s, activity %2$s) is not found. The IPA administrator may have deleted old workunit, activity, and queue records. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_WORKUNIT_CANCELED The workunit you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s) has been canceled or is in the process of being canceled. The IPA administrator may have canceled the workunit. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_WORKUNIT_COMPLETED The workunit you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s) has already completed processing. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_WORKUNIT_FAILED The workunit you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s) is in failed status. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_WORKUNIT_INVALID_STATUS The workunit you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s) has an invalid status. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_WORKUNIT_NOT_FOUND The workunit you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s) is not found. The IPA administrator may have deleted old workunit records. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EMAIL_ACTIONS_WORKUNIT_NOT_STARTED The workunit you are attempting to access (workunit %1$s) has not yet started processing. For more information, please contact the IPA administrator.
EmailHeader

Default email header formatting is defined as:

<head>
<style type="text/css">
#actions tr td a
{
    background-color: silver;
    border: thin solid black;
    color: black;
    text-decoration: none;
}
</style>
</head>