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sourceDocument: Australia Build workflows
sourceDocumentLink: https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/r/build-workflows

 Release :

    - australia

ft:locale :

    - en-US

ft:publication_title :

    - Australia Build workflows

ft:clusterId :

    - crworkflow

bundleId :

    - crworkflow

workflow :

    - Creator


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# Send Notification action

# Send Notification action {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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Send an email notification to predefined recipients with predefined content. Select or create a Notification \[sysevent_email_action\] record to configure the email notification.

## Roles and availability {#send-notification-action__section_mq1_vyy_2lb}

Available as a Workflow Studio ServiceNow core action. Users with the flow_designer or admin role can add an action to a flow and define configuration details.

## Inputs {#send-notification-action__section_mv5_zyy_2lb}

Record
:   Data type: Record

    Reference to record to send notification \[sysevent_email_action\] about.

Table
:   Data type: Table Name

    Table of the record to send a notification about. This input is automatically populated when you select a record.

Notification
:   Data type: Record

    Reference to the Notification \[sysevent_email_action\] to send. If there is no associated Notification for the type of record you select, you will need to create one from AllSystem NotificationEmailNotifications.

## Outputs {#send-notification-action__section_g3h_rcj_tcc}

This action has no outputs, although it does send the notification specified by the input values.

## General guidelines {#send-notification-action__section_ys4_p3j_tcc}

Use these general guidelines when using the Send Notification action.  

Select the Send Notification action to send an email notification
:   Select this action when you want to send an email notification to predefined recipients containing predefined content. For information about creating an email notification, see [Create an email notification](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_CreateANotification&version=australia&pubname=australia-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US).

Use a Integration Hub spoke action for other types of notifications
:   Use an Integration Hub spoke action to send a notification through an external service such as Microsoft Teams. For a list of available integration spokes and their actions, see [Integration Hub spokes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=spokes-list&version=australia&pubname=australia-integrate-applications&ft:locale=en-US).

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