Symptoms
I would like to know how to send an email to a SP group using the Send Email event in the workflow designer.
Diagnoses
The context browser does not give the option to populate the "To:" field directly with a SP group, so I am looking for another option.
Resolution
The following are the step to reference a SharePoint group and send an email to the group:
1) Drag a "Get Group Reference" event (from the Groups subsection of the Workflow Steps ribbon) into workflow
2) In the wizard for the event, select the appropriate site collection where the SharePoint group resides
3) In the Title text box, type the specific name of the group (This will have to be known by the user. If you do not know the group name, it can be accessed by navigating to Site SettingsandgtPeople and groups, then clicking "Groups" to view a list of all the groups within your site collection.)
4) Assign a Reference Name for the group, then click Finish
5) Create a new outcome and drag a Send Email event to the workflow
6) From the context browser, expand Item References. The group reference will now be exposed here
7) Expand the group reference, then expand "Group" and drag Email into the To: field
