![]() This tells ThinkAutomation to extract the field up to the next double quote. The field extraction will start from the next character.Ĭheck the Until Any Of These Characters option and enter a double quote in the box. This tells ThinkAutomation to search for 'Order received for product' AND THEN the first double quote. In the Then Look For entry enter " (double quote). In the Look For entry enter 'Order received for product'. Since this field will only appear in the Subject line click the Check Subject Like Only option. This tells ThinkAutomation to start searching for the field from the last field position. The Start From Last Extract Point is enabled by default. In the Name entry enter a name for the field. When ThinkAutomation starts to extract fields it always starts from the 1st character of the subject line before moving to the body text. The first field we want to extract is the Product Name. For this example, paste the subject and body above into the subject & body fields of the Find & Extract Helper. As you create your extraction fields, ThinkAutomation will highlight what will be extracted in the Find & Extract helper box. When you add your first field it is a good idea to paste a sample email text and subject into the Find & Extract helper field. Click the Extracted Fields button then click the Add field button. We can now proceed to extract fields from the email message. ![]() ![]() The Subject line also always contains the words 'Order Received' so we can enter this in the Message Contains entry. Since the orders are always received from the same email address we can enter it in the From Address entry. Next we need to create a 'Trigger' so that ThinkAutomation can act on just the Order email's received through this account and ignore the rest. When you save a new Account, ThinkAutomation will ask if you want to create a new trigger now - click Yes. On the POP3 tab, enable the Read Emails From A POP3 Server and specify the mail server and mail account details for the POP3 account that receives the above email's. Click Add Account button.Įnter the Account Name. Order received for product "Widgets Version 1"Įmail = first thing we need to do is create an Account in ThinkAutomation. Suppose we receive automated emails from the address that contain the following: then send a follow up email to the person who placed the order and print a report. In this example we will show how to parse an email and update an 'Orders' database. ![]() ![]() Updating A Database, Forwarding Confirmation To The Customer and Printing a Report ![]()
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