Send email only if a field has a certain value

Question

I am using webform in Drupal 7 and have a case where I need to send an e-mail only if a certain select field has an option selected. I have installed Rules and Webform rules but am a bit stuck on how to get this going.

In my webform I have the field called type (which is nested in a fieldset called shipping). My 3 options in the field are Ground, Air, Ocean. What I would like to do is send an email (using Rules due to a pdf that is attached to the email) only if the option selected is Ground.

Is this possible with Drupal 7 and rules / webform rules?

Answer 1

I would use a technique similar to what is described in my answer to "How can I compare data comparison with values submitted in a webform?". For short:

• Add an extra Rules Action to Add a variable, with a value assigned to it equal to your Webform data you want to use (and with an appropriate data type). You'd need 1 such variable for each Webform component for which you want to access its Webform data.
• In your subsequent Rules Actions you can refer to the value of these variables you just added (that's the clue!).