Placeholders

ReadyWorks provides the ability to add placeholders to the email subject and email body of T-Comm templates to personalize emails.

Email Subject Placeholders

Placeholders can be utilized in the email subject to personalize the email with the user’s name, asset name and wave or task details. Click the Asset Placeholder button to insert a placeholder for any data column of any asset type into the email subject.

Placeholder	Icon	Variable	Description
Full Name		%[name]%	Name field of the user directly or indirectly linked to the wave or task
First Name		%[first_name]%	First Name field of the user directly or indirectly linked to the wave or task
Last Name		%[last_name]%	First Name field of the user directly or indirectly linked to the wave or task
Email		%[email]%	Email field of the user directly or indirectly linked to the wave or task
Asset Name		%[asset_name]%	Name field of the computer directly linked to the wave or task
Start Goal Date		%[start_goal]%	Start Goal date of the wave or task
Start Goal Time	N/A	%[start_goal_time]%	Start Goal time of the wave or task
End Goal Date		%[end_goal]%	End Goal date of the wave or task
End Goal Time	N/A	%[end_goal_time]%	End Goal time of the wave or task
Group Name		%[group_name]%	Name field of the wave or task

Email Body Placeholders

Placeholders can be utilized in the email body to personalize the email with the user’s name, portal URL, asset name and wave or task details. Click the Asset Placeholder button to insert a placeholder for any data column of any asset type into the email body.

Placeholder	Icon	Variable	Description
Portal URL		%[portal_url]%	Unique URL for each user to the portal
Self Service Calendar		%[ss_calendar]%	List of schedule days configured on the wave
Full Name		%[name]%	Name field of the user directly or indirectly linked to the wave or task
First Name		%[first_name]%	First Name field of the user directly or indirectly linked to the wave or task
Last Name		%[last_name]%	First Name field of the user directly or indirectly linked to the wave or task
Email		%[email]%	Email field of the user directly or indirectly linked to the wave or task
Asset Name		%[asset_name]%	Name field of the computer directly linked to the wave or task
Start Goal Date		%[start_goal]%	Start Goal date of the wave or task
Start Goal Time	N/A	%[start_goal_time]%	Start Goal time of the wave or task
End Goal Date		%[end_goal]%	End Goal date of the wave or task
End Goal Time	N/A	%[end_goal_time]%	End Goal time of the wave or task
Group Name		%[group_name]%	Name field of the wave or task
Image		Not applicable	Upload an image file or link to display in the email

Asset Placeholders

Click the Asset Placeholder button to bring up the Insert Asset Placeholder dialog. Select the location (Body, Subject), asset type and data column of the placeholder and click the Insert button.

Portal URL

Click the Portal URL placeholder to bring up the Insert Portal URL dialog. Enter the title of the portal URL, select the tabs (features) to display in the URL, and click the Insert URL button. The title will be displayed as a hyperlink to the actual portal URL. Standard Tabs include out of the box portal features (User Information, Computers, Applications, Scheduling). Additional tabs (if created) are available for selection (e.g. Asset Count by Property shown below). Different portal URLs can be added to T-Comm templates to send users different portal views.

Image

Click the Image placeholder to bring up the Insert Image dialog. Enter the image URL or browse to upload a file and click the Insert Image button.