{"id":56951,"date":"2023-03-03T02:28:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howtostg.wpengine.com\/?page_id=56951"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:11:41","slug":"send-sms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/howto.caspio.com\/automate-tasks\/triggered-actions\/creating-a-triggered-action\/actions\/send-sms\/","title":{"rendered":"SEND SMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"56951\" class=\"elementor elementor-56951\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13490e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13490e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d10d38f\" data-id=\"d10d38f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08971a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e08971a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">SEND SMS is a triggered action that allows you to send SMS messages to specified phone numbers when a particular event occurs. This feature can be useful for a variety of applications, such as sending alerts to employees or customers, confirming appointments or registrations, or notifying staff of urgent issues.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57464\" src=\"https:\/\/howto.caspio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SEND_SMS-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The above example uses SEND SMS to send a notification about a new user who has registered to the portal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For step-by-step instructions on how to configure SMS messages with trigger actions, see <a href=\"\/notifications\/sms-notifications\/configuring-sms\/\">Configuring SMS in triggered actions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><h4>Options<\/h4><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW229592269 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229592269 BCX0\">You can combine SEND SMS with SELECT to retrieve data from one or more tables. To do so, click the gear icon in the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW229592269 BCX0\">action<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229592269 BCX0\"> block.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW229592269 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56955\" src=\"https:\/\/howto.caspio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SEND_SMS_options-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The SELECT option may be helpful when you need to send data stored in a table or send multiple SMS messages to the recipients from a table according to the specific criteria, for instance, to every employee from a particular department with the highest monthly total deals. <span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeHovered CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">SELECT<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> can be <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">modified<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">wit<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">h <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">addition<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">al<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> options<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightHovered SCXW182975324 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">.<\/span> <a href=\"\/automate-tasks\/triggered-actions\/creating-a-triggered-action\/data\/select\/\">Learn more.<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"ui-provider kl b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Note that if the SELECT block is used in the TO field, a recipient will be able to view other recipients listed in the recipient field. However, if the field block is used in the TO field, the recipient will only see their own name listed in the recipient field. What&#8217;s more, when using the SELECT block to specify recipients, the list of phone numbers is truncated to 250 characters, which results in sending a limited number of SMS messages.<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Note:<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> SMS messages are executed asynchronously, which means that after a trigger is executed successfully, all email tasks are queued to be executed by the message sender services. However, if a trigger fails because of an error in one of the blocks, no messages can be sent at all.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote><h4>Example<\/h4><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56956\" src=\"https:\/\/howto.caspio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SEND_SMS_example.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW238649040 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW238649040 BCX0\">In this example, SMS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238649040 BCX0\"> messages <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238649040 BCX0\">are<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238649040 BCX0\"> sent to each user whose role is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238649040 BCX0\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238649040 BCX0\">Manager<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238649040 BCX0\">\u201d.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW238649040 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEND SMS is a triggered action that allows you to send SMS messages to specified phone numbers when a particular event occurs. 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