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Link to an activity from email or SMS

Put a link to a pending activity into an email or text message, so a stakeholder can act straight from the message.

Use this to reach a stakeholder by email or text message and let them complete a pending activity straight from the message, rather than asking them to log in somewhere.

Not to be confused with embedding Hosted Pages, which puts Hosted Pages inside a host app rather than a link inside a message.

Before starting

Activate one of the communication extensions, so the Send Email or Send SMS actions are available. See Integrate with extensions.

  1. Double-click the step that sends the email or text message.
  2. Add a Send Email or Send SMS action.
  3. Add the activity page link to the dynamic template data for email, or directly into the body of the text message.

The “Sent” tab of a Send SMS (with from number) action, in the “Send values to Twilio” section: a “From” number field and a required “To” phone number field, each with a Fixed value / Data point toggle, and below them the message toolbar, where a yellow arrow points at a small blue button whose tooltip reads “Insert Hosted Pages”. The message box beneath holds “Hi firstName, click the link below to continue your intake paperwork.” and an “Activity Page: Patient” link

A dynamic email template can render the link as a "click here" button, so it reads as the call to action rather than a URL in the middle of a paragraph.

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