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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Get Latest Response Text From Email action

Provide the most recent reply or forward message in an e-mail chain to other actions in your flow.

Roles and availability

  • 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

Provide a value for each input that your action needs. To add dynamic values, you can also drag and drop pills from the Data panel or select them from the pill picker.

InputData typeDescription
Email RecordRecordEmail record whose most recent reply or forward message you want to provide to other actions in your flow. Select an Email [sys_email] record from the list, or add an Email [sys_email] record data pill from the Data panel.

Outputs

These outputs appear in the Data panel. You can use them as inputs elsewhere in your flow.

OutputData typeDescription
Latest Response TextStringBody text for the most recent reply or forward message in the Email [sys_email] record that you selected for the action's input.Note: If you select an Email [sys_email] record with a Type of New for this action's input, the Latest Response Text output will be the entire body text of the e-mail.

Parent Topic:Workflow Studio actions