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Feature Request: Flowchart Popup Notification Event
Problem
Currently, Flowcharts can automate processes and update data, but there is no simple way to directly notify the user with a popup/message during or after a process.
This makes it difficult to provide immediate feedback to users when:
At the moment, these scenarios often require custom development or indirect workarounds.
Proposed Solution
Add a new Flowchart event/action that can trigger a frontend popup notification to the current user.
The popup should support:
Suggested notification types:
Example usage:
Benefits
Additional Notes
Ideally, the popup would behave similarly to existing UI notification styles already used within EspoCRM.
Having variable support would make the feature significantly more powerful and flexible for real-world workflows.
Problem
Currently, Flowcharts can automate processes and update data, but there is no simple way to directly notify the user with a popup/message during or after a process.
This makes it difficult to provide immediate feedback to users when:
- a process fails
- invalid or incomplete data is detected
- user action is required
- a long-running process completes
- a warning or confirmation should be shown
At the moment, these scenarios often require custom development or indirect workarounds.
Proposed Solution
Add a new Flowchart event/action that can trigger a frontend popup notification to the current user.
The popup should support:
- Custom message text
- Variables from the Flowchart and entity context
- Different notification levels/styles
Suggested notification types:
- Danger / Error
- Warning
- Success
Example usage:
- “Quote generation failed because no shipping address was provided.”
- “Customer record contains incomplete VAT information.”
- “Background import completed successfully.”
- “SIEL application submitted successfully for {{entity.name}}.”
Benefits
- Improves user feedback during automation
- Reduces confusion when processes silently fail
- Makes Flowcharts more interactive and user-friendly
- Reduces need for custom frontend scripting
- Better support for enterprise workflows and validation-heavy environments
Additional Notes
Ideally, the popup would behave similarly to existing UI notification styles already used within EspoCRM.
Having variable support would make the feature significantly more powerful and flexible for real-world workflows.