Report Trigger Type Tags


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Setting up Email Message Templates is an Advanced User feature.

For the list of types of tags available see Email Manager Message Template Tags.

The Return tags are for , see How To: Send a Manual Email. The Available Tags are displayed when setting up Email Message Templates; the Trigger Type selected will determine which tags are available for use, in this case REPORT. The Available Tags inserted into the Message Template will determine what information replaces them when the email is created.

The Tag Description of the majority of the tags explains what information will replace the tag in the email.

The Available Tags area has the following columns:

  • Tag Desc: the description of the tag.
  • Tag Name: the tag text that will be added into the main Message Template Area and will be replaced by the corresponding data when the email is sent to the addressee.

Tag Desc Tag Name Description
Company Code $COMPANY_CODE The company ID.
Company Name $COMPANY_NAME The company name.
Contact Forename $FORENAME The first name of the contact.
Contact Name $CONTACT_NAME The name of the contact the email was created for.
Contact Surname $SURNAME The surname for the contact.
Contact Title $CONTACT_TITLE The title of the contact (Mr, Ms, Miss etc).
Date - Day as 2 digit number $DATE_DD Day displayed as a 2 digit number - eg. 02
Date - Day as name $DATE_DNAME Day name is displayed - eg. Friday
Date - Day as suffixed number $DATE_DNUMBER Day displayed as suffixed number - eg. 2nd
Date - month as 2 digit number $DATE_MM Month displayed as a 2 digit number - eg. 09
Date - Year as 4 digit number $DATE_YYYY Year displayed as a 4 digit number - eg. 2003
Date Printed $DATE_PRINTED The date and time the report was queued for emailing.
Document Code $DOCUMENT_CODE The document code, for example S00679, INV360, P00190.
Note: if the document is a customer statement then the document code is the customer URN.
Document Type $DOCUMENT_TYPE The type of report for example Picking-Despatch Note, Invoice, Purchase Order, Delivery Note, Statement_20131001.
Note: if the document is a customer statement then the document type is followed by the date the document was printed.

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