How to send a confirmation email to authenticated users about Form submission?

Issue

• I would like to send a confirmation email to the user who just submitted a Form

Environment

• Liferay DXP 7.1+

Resolution

It is possible to use the Workflow engine to send an email to the logged-in user who submitted the form. Please follow the steps below:

1. As an Admin user navigate to Control Panel > Workflow > Process Builder
2. Create a Workflow with one task
3. Add a notification to the task (make sure that the Notification Type is "Email" and the Recipient Type is "Asset Creator")
4. Save the Workflow
5. Navigate to Content&Data > Forms and open the form where you would like to apply the workflow
6. Click the Ellipsis menu in the upper right corner and select Settings
7. Under Form options, select the previously created workflow
8. Save the Form
9. Log in as a different user and submit the form

Result: The User will receive a notification email about the form submission.

Additional Information

• For more information about the configuration, please refer to this Knowledge Base article: Workflow and Forms