Comala workflows - send email to page author/person who edited the page

[Bhakti Paranjpe]

Hi All, 

I am a new user of Comala workflows and trying to author my own workflow.

I want to be able to send an email to the page author or user who last edited the page when a page is rejected by a reviewer. 

Is there a way to read the user name of the person who created/updated the page? I able to send email to the Reviewers group (see towards the end), but not to the author.

Please help.

My workflow so far is as follows:

{workflow:name=MyWorkflow}
{description}
The Publishing Workflow has four states.
Draft: Edited by Staff.
In Review: Reviewed by Managers and Tech writers.
Published: Approved by reviewers and available for users.
Obsolete: Expired after due date that is defined in the workflow parameter.
{description}
{workflowparameter:Reviewers|description=Reviewers group|type=user}
Reviewer1, Reviewer2
{workflowparameter}
{workflowparameter:SetExpiry|description=Sets the date for page expiry|type=duration}
PT1M
{workflowparameter}
{state:Draft|submit=In Review}
{state}
{state:In Review|approved=Published|rejected=Draft}
{approval:Review|selectedapprovers=@Reviewers@}
{state}
{state:Published|final=true|updated=Draft|expired=Obsolete|taskable=true|duedate=@SetExpiry@}
{state}
{state:Obsolete}
{state}
{trigger:pageapproved|approval=Review}
{send-email:user=@Reviewers@|subject=Page ready for your review and approval}
The page @page@ has been drafted by [~@user@] and is waiting for your review and approval.
{pageactivity}
{send-email}
{trigger}

{workflow}

[Travis Lagestee]

Received this answer from Comalatech:

We don't have a direct value reference to the last user who edited the page, however if you add a trigger like below it will save the last editor to metadata after every edit. To clarify, Confluence only notifies us of a page modification when its saved, so if multiple users edit the page with collaborative editing before saving, this will only store the user who saved it.

{trigger:pageupdated}
{set-metadata:Last Editor}@user@{set-metadata}
{trigger}

Then use as a value reference like this: "@Last Editor@".

Tried it and it worked for me.

[Jochem Staehler]

worked for me too. Thank you Travis

[Bhakti Paranjpe]

Thanks Travis. 

This worked for me too. 

Here is my code:

{trigger:pagecreated}
{set-metadata:Document Author}@user@{set-metadata}
{trigger}
{trigger:pageupdated}
{set-metadata:Document Updater}@user@{set-metadata}
{trigger}

[Patricia Yague]

Hi,

You should be able to use @author@ or @creator@ user references to send an email.

Please have a look at the documentation for more information:

https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/User+references

Thanks

[Travis Lagestee]

author and creator refer only to the person who first created the page, not to an editor of that page.  I haven't been able to find a user reference for that.  Any Ideas?

[Serghei Avdonin]

Than https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Page+and+User+references use "modifier" 

The username of the person who last changed this content. 

[Bhakti Paranjpe]

Here is my code:

{trigger:pagecreated}
{set-metadata:Document Author}@user@{set-metadata}
{trigger}
{trigger:pageupdated}
{set-metadata:Document Updater}@user@{set-metadata}
{trigger} 

I set two separate metadata tags for author and updater - so I could use them separately as needed. 

[Deleted user]

Same problem here. Does anyone have an idee? Please help.

[Jochem Staehler]

Same problem. 'author' and/or 'creator' are not the problem, but the one who edited the page.