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eMails can be sent using eMail templates in two ways. You can send an email from the Job view screen or automatically when a job changes to a certain status. The help information below will show you have to do thiscreate and edit templates. 

To automatically send an email when a job changes status you can set this up for each job type you can configure this in the job type configuration section (Admin->Administration→Job type configuration). When you open a job type you will be able to add events at the bottom of the job type screen.

Managing mail templates

To manage email templates navigate to Admin -> Administration and select "Mail Templates" under the "Mail" sub heading. If this is the first time you are creating a template then you will see that there are no templates defined. 

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Below is a table describing the available meta-data fields that you can use in your email templates. Above the subject and the Email body section you will see a drop down selector that shows all of the meta-data fields that you can choose from to use in the mail template. 

All meta-data fields must be inserted with two square brackets either side (.e.g. [[contactname]])

Meta-Data FieldDescription


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[[confirmbutton]]


This places a confirmation button on the email for customers to click on to confirm the job. Before using this button you will need to setup the Customer job confirmation process.

 

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[[contactname]]

 

Contacts full name 

 

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[[contactsalutation]]

 

Salutation of the contact e.g. Mr, Mrs 

 

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[[contactfirstname]]

 

Contacts first name 

 

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[[contactlastname]]

 

Contacts last name 

 

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[[contactmobile]]

 

Contacts mobile number 

 

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[[contactphone]]

 

Contacts Phone number

 

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[[companyname]]

 

Customers Company Name 

 

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[[duedate]]

 

Due date of the job  

 

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[[status]]

 

Job Status 

 

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[[internalcontact]]

 

The name of the internal contact for the job.

 

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[[internalcontactfirstname]]

 

The first name of the internal contact

 

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[[jobreference]]

 

Job reference number 

 

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 [[idjob]]

 

unique GUID (Global Unique Identifier) of the job  

 

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 [[jobtype]]

 

 Job type name

 

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 [[contactaddress]]

 

Contacts address 

 

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 [[customeraddress]]

 

Customers address 

 

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 [[jobdeliveryaddress]]

 

Job delivery address (If the job type is configured  to have a delivery address)

 

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 [[jobdeliveryaddresscity]]

 

Job delivery address City/Town

 

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 [[jobadddress]]

 

Job start address 

 

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 [[jobaddresscity]]

 

Job start address City/Town

 

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 [[receiptreference]]

 

Receipt reference number if the job has a receipt.

Note

If there are two receipts on the job only the most recent receipt reference will be used.


 

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 [[receiptammount]

 

Receipt amount if there is a receipt against the job.

 

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 [[invoicereference]]

 

Invoice reference number if the job has a invoice.

Note

If there are two receipts on the job only the most recent receipt reference will be used.


 

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 [[invoiceammount]]

 

Invoice amount if there is an invoice against the job.

 

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 [[quotereference]]

 

Quote reference number if the job has a quote.

Note

If there are two quotes on the job only the most recent quote reference will be used.


 

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 [[quoteammount]]

 

Quote amount if there is a quote against the job.

 

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 [[jobestimate]]

 

The estimate of the job.

Note

The estimate of the job will be calculated at the time of generating the email.


 

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 [[CFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX]]

 

Custom field value. The custom field value meta data tag starts wit "CF" and then the name of the custom field.

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