# Defining email actions
Email actions are defined for a datasource to send email notifications when a user performs any DML operation through the user interface.
To define an email action,
1. In the **Details** tab, under **Actions**, click . The **Actions** window is displayed.
2\. Enter/select the following details:
| **Field** | **Description** |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name | The name of the action |
| Active | Indicates an email is to be sent after every select operation |
| Insert | Indicates an email is to be sent after every insert operation |
| Update | Indicates an email is to be sent after every update operation |
| Delete | Indicates an email is to be sent after every delete operation |
| Start Date | The start date for the action |
| End Date | The end date for the action
Note: If end date matches with the system date ,then the action will become inactive.
|
| Description | The description of the action being defined |
| Condition | The expression for the condition on which the email is to be sent
Note: The email will be sent when the expression evaluates to true.
|
| Email Address\* | The email address to which the notification is to be sent |
| Attachment | The attachment to be sent with the notification |
| Subject\* | The subject of the notification email |
| Cc/Bcc | Email addresses of the participants to be copied |
3\. In the rich text editor, enter the contents of the notification email that is to be sent and click **Save**.
The email action is saved for the datasource.
The following expressions can be used in place of dynamic values in the **Email Address**, **Subject**, **Body** and **Attachment** fields:
| **Expression** | **Function** |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| #{attributeName} | To replace an attribute value of the record being inserted, updated or deleted |
| #{parent.attributeName} | To use an attribute value from the master record, if it exists |
| #{dbrow\.attributeName} | To refer a value from the database for update actions |
| #{session.sessionValue} | To access session variables |
| #{SELECT 'x' from some\_table WHERE column = #{attributeName}} | To create a nested expression.
Note: The innermost expression will be evaluated before the out expression.
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