# runScript works in window expression but not email expression? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition79\ **Created:** [August 15, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865 "2023-08-15T13:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865/1 "2023-08-15T13:38:06Z")
Using 7.9.23. I am tasked with making a report that gets emailed on a schedule per the report designer along with the feature that an admin can send one at any time manually. To do this right I figured it was sensible to put the subject/body/filename calculations into functions so whether the scheduled report or admin is sending it manually, those things will be identical. My functions are simple - ```auto def getSubject(endDateDT): return 'DPD Weeklies w/e %s'%(endDateDT) def getBody(): return "Colleagues,\n\nBelow are the project updates for the week.\n\nPlease feel free to reach out if you have any questions regarding the updates.\n\nThanks" def getFileName(endDateDT): endDate = system.date.format(endDateDT, 'yyyy-MM-dd') return 'DPD Weeklies Updates %s.pdf'%(str(endDate)) ``` However, even my simplest one does not work inside the report schedule designer - ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/c/3cc188dd931eb453e0699bdb94246970e351288b.png) gives me ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/f/5f7d8235ba61a17ae907cbc2e5b5b2dfda33d788.png) so then it sends me the actual text - ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/5/45c3d01922e4b0c0ed07a76bc7c23c9f5547f8ca.png) My hunch is since the reports/emails are gateway level it's not looking at my project script (because `runScript('project.report.getBody')` does work as an expression binding of a text label) and so it cannot resolve my function name. Anyone know what is going wrong here? ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865/2 "2023-08-15T13:40:03Z")
Probably needs to be in the `shared` script library to be accessed from a Gateway Scope. Probably also wouldn't work as an expression tag. ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865/3 "2023-08-15T13:46:56Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/c/7c94a03656bbea3e7f9e5e2ff8d0db37b4bc8371.png) Unfortunately you're right still no luck even in a shared library. I can hardcode it into these email parameters, it's just a pet peeve to have two sources of truth for me, one for if they send it manually via button press and another via the email scheduled. It looks like I can probably leverage tags but I also don't like using them as intermediaries if I don't have to. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865/4 "2023-08-15T14:47:22Z")
I don't see a zero polling value. `runScript()` might be waiting for a context that is never supplied. ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865/5 "2023-08-15T16:30:40Z")
Doesn't seem to matter. Docs say that argument is optional. With or without it, I still get the `WARN: Could not parse body text` and it sends what is in the box raw ie I get `runScript('shared.dpdresports.getBody()',0)` in my email body. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865/6 "2023-08-15T16:34:42Z")
Huh. Maybe that body entry field is just broken. Have you tried other functions or tag references? ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865/7 "2023-08-15T16:43:37Z")
Tag seems to work fine, as does a concatting tag values with a string in the expression. Ohh, very interesting. I just tried `runScript('system.date.now()'`) (with and without polling) in my body which works for a label text expression, but this too throws a `WARN: Could not parse body text`. Seems like this just does not work with or like runScript. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-works-in-window-expression-but-not-email-expression/77865/8 "2023-08-15T16:47:38Z")
Try `objectScript()`, perhaps?