in general Windchill workflow Task emails just have a link. Not much attention by PTC to make this more useful it seems. Can add info a few ways with some extra effort (not supported; helps some)
1. In the workflow template, can make the Name of the parent object (PBO - e.g. Promotion Request) a workflow String variable and add this to the user instruction, which causes it to be includedi n the body of each email. Have to use some code to get the PBO Name and map to the workflow variable name.
2. In the workflow template, can use some more code to get the PBO Name and dynamically update the Task name, such that a bunch of "Approve Promotion Request" tasks and emails will differ from each other by the inclusion of the promotion request Name.
All these have been worked out by various users - would be great to have a monitored "clearinghouse" for these. We have both in place for all types of Tasks.