I have a simple working workflow. The email that gets sent out to notify the admins has a template that uses the link variables (i.e. {$Context.AbsoluteEditLink} and {$Context.AbsoluteLink}). These variable do not show up in the email that gets sent. Other variables do work including other Context variables like {$Context.Title}. I have no idea why that's failing... Any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Hi Andrew,

Can you share the template with us?
Send it to pastebin or sspaste.

-helenclarko

Sure, the template looks like this - http://www.sspaste.com/paste/show/566097ab65dfb

The email ends up looking like this - https://cloudup.com/csHRI6Y369W

Hi Andrew,

Hmmm, this is a hard one. It looks like AbsoluteLink either doesnt exist on $Context or once it hits the email template it doesn't exist on $Context.

Have you tried something like either $Top.Context.AbsoluteLink or $Up.Context.AbsoluteLink?
Maybe even $Top.AbsoluteLink or $Up.AbsoluteLink?

I'll continue to have a look into it though.

-helenclarko

Hi Helen,

Thanks for taking a look! Unfortunately neither of those updates work. $Top leaves the email still blank and $Up errors out.

Any idea how I find out what fields are available on $Context?

Thanks!
Andy

Hi Andrew,

Not sure if this issue has anything to do with it.
https://github.com/silverstripe-australia/advancedworkflow/issues/32

-helenclarko

That issue was back from 2012, and it doesn't look like it got resolved. It's a bit bootleg, but I got things working with this - http://www.sspaste.com/paste/show/5660b353b4bc7