I am using rules 7.2.5 and the Workflow Field module.

I have a workflow wherein a user will create a 'request' node and an admin will approve/reject it.
I am trying to create a rule to notify the user whenever the admin approves or rejects the request.

I created a rule on the event 'workflow transition insert' as follows

{ "rules_after_workflow_change_notify_user" : {
    "LABEL" : "after workflow change, notify user",
    "PLUGIN" : "reaction rule",
    "OWNER" : "rules",
    "REQUIRES" : [ "workflow" ],
    "ON" : { "WorkflowTransition_insert" : [], "WorkflowTransition_presave" : [] },
    "DO" : []
  }
}

However, I am unable to get to the node being acted upon inorder to get to the node author and send an email.

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johnv
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You use the wrong event. Transition insert is fired while adding states in admin ui. Choose other event.

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alansaviolobo commented
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This is the list of workflow related events. I had picked up the one which seemed to be closest to what I want.
The others do not appear to be related to what I intend to do.

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johnv
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You need the executed transitions. You can easily test by adding each transition and see which is fired.

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alansaviolobo commented
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Hi John,

I apologize for the inconvenience, but I am not able to get the correct tokens.
I added all the relevant events to the rule (as described in events.png).

When trying to add an action, The only token I get is "User who executed the transition" (as described in token options.png). I cannot get "Node/Entity on which this transition was executed" and then use it to get to the node:author

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johnv
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commented

Did you enable both Token and Entity Token modules?

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alansaviolobo commented

Yes, I can confirm that both token and entity_token are enabled.

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alansaviolobo commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

this got resolved.

I was trying to get to the author by token chaining ( WorkflowState:node:author ) which wasn't working.
the trick was to fetch the entity in a separate step before trying to access the author.