Answers.Body: <p>Only activity type that has component = Contact gets listed on the dropdown displayed on the contact summary page -> activities tab.</p>
  
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    <p><code>Bulk Email</code> also has component = contact, then why it is not shown listed on the dropdown? </p>
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  <p>Some activity types are reserved for system usage which has <code>filter</code> value set to 1 in <code>civicrm_option_value</code> table. These activity types are filtered from the dropdown list.</p>
  
  <p>Email/SMS activity type will only be shown in the dropdown if the contact has a valid email/phone value stored in it.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I have plenty of contacts with valid emails but the 'Send to Email' action is not displayed. It used to be displayed and somehow I disabled it (temporarily!) but I have been unable to see where it can be set up again.
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Answers.Body: <p>Some of those are "system" types that get added by other actions. For example <code>Bulk Email</code> is related to mass mailings of newsletters and such.</p>
  
  <p>To add a custom type, you can define that by going in the menu to Administer - Customize Data and Screens - Activity Types. (EDIT: Oops obviously you found that screen - haha. If there's a specific one you're interested in and want to know how it gets used, then you can update and ask that.)</p>
  
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Body: <p>I cannot figure out why some activity types display in the dropdown when adding a new activity, and others do not. For example, on the demo site, I can see that there are many (16 in the screnshot) activity types linked to the "Contact" component:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/JULOV.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/JULOV.png" alt="list of activity types"></a></p>
  
  <p>But when I go to add an activity to a contact on the demo site, I only see 7 options:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/obpjc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/obpjc.png" alt="activity type dropdown options"></a></p>
  
  <p>What if I wanted to add an activity of a type that is not included in this list of 7? How did those 7 get to this dropdown list? </p>
  
  <p>I'm desperate to figure this out. </p>
  
  <p>Thank you!
  Kristin</p>
  
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Comments.Text: by default if you create a new Activity Type associated with contact that will be listed in the dropdown box - Anything which you see in the list are default list - If you are still not clear let me know will give you a explanation
Comments.UserDisplayName: Ramesh - ARTECH Consultancy
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Comments.Text: I am having the same issue. In my Action Drop Down list 'Send to Email' is missing and I have been unable to find out how to configure the list to add back the Send to Email option. It is driving me buts that I have been unable to see where/how this is done.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Martin Fuggle
Tags: <activities>
Title: How to control which activity types show up in dropdown when creating new activity
ThreadText: # How to control which activity types show up in dropdown when creating new activity
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-12)
  
  I cannot figure out why some activity types display in the dropdown when adding a new activity, and others do not. For example, on the demo site, I can see that there are many (16 in the screnshot) activity types linked to the "Contact" component:
  
  [![list of activity types](https://i.sstatic.net/JULOV.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/JULOV.png)
  
  But when I go to add an activity to a contact on the demo site, I only see 7 options:
  
  [![activity type dropdown options](https://i.sstatic.net/obpjc.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/obpjc.png)
  
  What if I wanted to add an activity of a type that is not included in this list of 7? How did those 7 get to this dropdown list?
  
  I'm desperate to figure this out.
  
  Thank you!
  Kristin
  
  **Tags:** activities
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: by default if you create a new Activity Type associated with contact that will be listed in the dropdown box - Anything which you see in the list are default list - If you are still not clear let me know will give you a explanation  
  > **username_2**: I am having the same issue. In my Action Drop Down list 'Send to Email' is missing and I have been unable to find out how to configure the list to add back the Send to Email option. It is driving me buts that I have been unable to see where/how this is done.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2019-11-12. Score: 1
  
  Only activity type that has component = Contact gets listed on the dropdown displayed on the contact summary page -> activities tab.
  
  > `Bulk Email` also has component = contact, then why it is not shown listed on the dropdown?
  
  Some activity types are reserved for system usage which has `filter` value set to 1 in `civicrm_option_value` table. These activity types are filtered from the dropdown list.
  
  Email/SMS activity type will only be shown in the dropdown if the contact has a valid email/phone value stored in it.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I have plenty of contacts with valid emails but the 'Send to Email' action is not displayed. It used to be displayed and somehow I disabled it (temporarily!) but I have been unable to see where it can be set up again.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2019-11-12. Score: 0
  
  Some of those are "system" types that get added by other actions. For example `Bulk Email` is related to mass mailings of newsletters and such.
  
  To add a custom type, you can define that by going in the menu to Administer - Customize Data and Screens - Activity Types. (EDIT: Oops obviously you found that screen - haha. If there's a specific one you're interested in and want to know how it gets used, then you can update and ask that.)
  
  
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