Send Notification
Use the Send Notification step to show a message to the user as a page notification while they work. The notification appears at the top of the page, just like the notifications Business Central shows itself, and the flow continues with the next step — it does not stop the document operation.
This step is only available in the three interactive document triggers, because those are the only flows that run in the user's own session:
In any other flow the step is not offered, since a page notification would have no session to appear in.
Typical use cases:
- Confirming what a flow changed on a document ("Delivery date set to the next working day").
- Reminding the user of a follow-up step after they release or post.
- Surfacing a soft warning that should not stop the operation (use an Error step when you do want to stop it).
Configure the step
Open the flow editor, add Send Notification, and fill in the configuration page.
Description
A short label for the step, shown on the flow canvas.
Message
The text shown in the notification. SmartField placeholders are resolved before the notification is shown, so you can include values from the trigger — for example the document number or a field the flow just changed. Use the assist-edit (...) or the Insert SmartField action (Alt+S) to pick a placeholder; it is copied to the clipboard so you can paste it into the message.
A message is required.
Notes
- The notification is shown only in an interactive session. If the same flow is ever started head-less (for example, a release or posting triggered through the API), the step is skipped silently and the flow carries on.
- To stop a document operation instead of just informing the user, end the flow with an Error step.
- To write a message to the execution log for later diagnostics, use the Log step. Log writes to the log only; it does not show a notification.