Create an inbound email action

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/jakarta-servicenow-platform/page/administer/notification/task/t_CreatingAnInboundEmailAction.html

You can create inbound email actions to define the actions that the system takes when an email is received.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

Procedure

1. Navigate to System Policy > Email > Inbound Actions.

2. Click New.

3. Fill in the fields as described in the table.
   Note: You might need to configure the form to see all fields.
   

   Field	Description
   When to run
   Name	Enter a descriptive name for this email action.
   Target table	Select the table where the action will add or update records.
   Action type	Select the type of action the instance takes. Select Record Action to modify a record in the instance or select Reply Email to have the instance send an email back to the source of the inbound email.
   Active	Select this check box to prevent the system from running additional inbound email actions after this one runs. Clear the check box to disable the action.
   Stop processing	Select this option to stop processing after this inbound email action runs.
   Type	Select the message type required to run the action. The action runs only if the inbound email is of the selected type. Available types are:New: An email that is not recognized as a reply or forward.Reply: An email with a watermark with an In-Reply-To email header, or whose subject line begins with a recognized reply prefix.Forward: An email whose subject line begins with a recognized forward prefix, even if the email also contains a watermark or In-Reply-To header.Note: By default, inbound emails of the Forward type always generate new incidents regardless of the presence of a watermark. If this behavior does not match your business logic, you can change the recognized reply and forward prefixes to treat forwards like replies.
   Required roles	Specify required roles the sender must have to trigger the inbound action.
   Order	Enter a number that specifies when this inbound action runs relative to other inbound actions that use the same target table. The instance processes the action with the lowest order number first.
   From	Select the user required to run the action. If a user is selected, the action runs only when the email sender matches the user name. Leave this field blank to perform the action for all users.
   Condition	Specify the condition that must evaluate to true to trigger the inbound action. Build a condition with the choice lists or enter a statement that determines when the inbound email action runs. For example:email.subject. startsWith ( "chg:" )
   Actions
   Field actions	Specify how information in the email is inserted into the record.For example, select [Created by] [From email] [Sender], so that when the request is inserted, you can see who it is for.This field appears if the action type is Record Action.
   Reply email	Compose the email message to send to the source that triggered the inbound email action.
   Script	Enter the script the action runs. Typically, this script uses the validators script include and email variables.A template is provided:(functionrunAction(/*GlideRecord*/ current,/*GlideRecord*/ event, /*EmailWrapper*/ email,/*ScopedEmailLogger*/ logger) { // Implement email action here})(current, event, email,logger);These are the objects available:current: access the record referred to by the inbound email. For example,current.assigned_to accesses the person assigned to the task.event: access one of the parameters of the originating event. For example, event.parm1accesses the first parameter of the event or event.parm2 for the second parameter. See Eventsfor more information.email: access the inbound current email record. For example, email.subject accesses the content in the subject line of the email. See Accessing email objects with variables for more information.logger: add a message to the log file with the source set to email.. For example: logger.log ("Some information")
   Description
   Description	Enter a detailed explanation of what this inbound email action does.
   Other fields
   Order	Enter a number to define the order in which this email action should be processed. Actions with lower numbers are processed first. For more information. This field is not installed by the Ordered Email Processing plugin.