Inbound email action question
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‎04-08-2025 06:10 AM
I am setting up an email action with data in the following format:
Field Name:Field Value.
Is it possible to avoid the : and use any other identifier like a space or | ? I looked at SN documents and see they have to be in this format but wondering if there is a way to override it
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‎04-08-2025 07:09 AM
Hi @samadam,
Interesting question. Is there a reason why you're wanting to (or needing to) use an alternative? Assume the email body is getting parsed in a different format? I've worked with a number of different client, mail providers, languages etc etc and haven't come across this.
ServiceNow's response as you've pointed out is that, OOB (Out Of Box), that's whats supported and there is no way OOB to change the delimiter from a colon to another character.
However, if really needed, you'd have to script and handle this if it is a must. You'd have to be mindful of parsing issues with long email body's and potentially performance and security issue if you're going to handle this for yourself.
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Thanks, Robbie