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

Generate email responses

Enables procurement specialists and buyers to generate professional, accurate email responses using Now Assist. By minimizing manual drafting and review, it helps procurement specialists and buyers respond to requester inquiries more efficiently and focus on higher-value procurement tasks.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_spend_gen_ai.now_assist_fulfiller

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Workspaces > Source-to-Pay Workspace.

  2. Select the list icon (

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  1. Do one of the following:
ToDo this action
To generate an email response for the following records:- Negotiation - Procurement case - Procurement task - Purchase requisition - Sourcing event - Sourcing request - Sourcing task
  1. Navigate to Lists > All work.
  2. Select one of the following modules and select the record link in the Number column.
  3. Cases
  4. Negotiations
  5. Requisitions
  6. Sourcing events
  7. Sourcing requests
  8. Tasks
  1. On the Details tab, select Email.

  2. Select anywhere within the email message window to see the Now Assist icon

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Sparkle icon for Now Assist.
  1. To generate a context-based email response, select the Now Assist icon
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Sparkle icon for Now Assist.
  1. To refine an email draft, select the Now Assist icon
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Sparkle icon for Now Assist and then select any of the available options:
-   Elaborate
-   Shorten
-   Change tone
  1. Select Insert to add the AI-generated email response to the email message window.

  2. Apply templates by selecting the template icon

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Email template icon..
  1. Select Send email to send the email.

Result

An AI-generated email response is sent to the requester.

Parent Topic:Use Now Assist for Sourcing and Procurement Operations (SPO)

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