I currently have a smartform comprised of 3 different views of data.  

I then generated a workflow from the Smartform.

I am doing a basic approval process like the leave request example in the help documentation (except my smartform is more complex).  

In the 1st approval task step, I can see all the reference fields but some have blanks and when I try to use the email address from one of the views to email the 'approver', it is not sending the email to the person.  I entered my email directly into the reciepents email field and I recieved the email.

In my email I entered several of the reference fields and that is where I found some blank and some not blank.  The approver email had the correct value yet it won't work (as in no email is generated) when I drag that reference field into the recipients email address.

Obviously I am new to K2 Workflow and I seem to be missing a key piece as to how I  can reference the field values on the originally submitted form fto be used for the Aprrover Workflow task state.  Do values from each view have to be saved to a smartobject first so I can reference the values in another 'state' of the workflow?

 I feel like I am missing a key component.   Thanks for any help you can give guiding me in the right direction.

Maureen