How to use merge fields

Merge fields can be used to personalise a mailing by including address data in the mail, for example a name. This page describes how you can use merge fields, shortened links and system links in your mailings.

Use custom merge fields

You can use several different mergefields. In this example we'll show you how to use the "City" merge field.

1. Go to the address book app and add a new custom fields named "City"

2. Create or upload a new address book with the City field filled in.

3. Use the merge field tag in the htmlbody or textbody of the template, or in the subject of the mailing. Examples of the tags in this case.
   

   Merge field name	Tag used
   City	{{ Recipient.City }}

4. Add the mergefield as a mergetag object to the mergetags collection of the mergefields object of the template. The mergefield object consists of a Name, Value and a mapping. The Name should be the name of the mergefield, the Value should be the tag used in your template or subject, and the mapping should be the mapping to the field in the address.

{
	"Name": "Recipient.City",
	"Value": "{{ Recipient.City }}",
	"Mapping": "Recipient.MergeFieldValue2"
}

Default merge tags

The following default mergetags can be used in your mail.

Use shortened links

You need to create links as special link in the mergefields object in order to be able to see the number of clicks of your link later on. Links provided as special link will automatically be shortened. In this example we will use https://www.cm.com as the url that we want to trak in our mailing.

1. Create a tag to use in the htmlbody or textbody of the template, or in the subject of the mailing. For example: [[ SpecialLink.link1 ]]
2. Add the link to the speciallinks collection of the mergefields object of the template. The special link consists of a Type, Label, Link, Mapping and Tag. The Type should be link, the Label you want to give this link, the Link should be the tag used in your template or subject and the Mapping should be the real url.
   
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System links

We have some default system links that you can use in your mailings.

Complete example merge tags and special links

Address list:
Contains a field called City

Address:
Has the following values

{
	"EmailAddress": "[email protected]",
	"City": "Breda"
}

Mailing template textbody

Hello {{ Recipient.Name }}


According to our data your email address is {{ Recipient.EmailAddress }} and you live in {{ Recipient.City }}.

You can see our new and improved website on [[ SpecialLink.link1 ]]

Kind regards,
Team CM

If you don't want to receive our mails anymore you can unsubscribe here: [[ SpecialLink.Unsubscribe ]]
If your mail isn't looking correctly, you can view it in the browser here: [[ SpecialLink.ViewInBrowser ]]

Mailing template mergefields:

{
	"MergeTags": [
		{
			"Name": "Recipient.Name",
			"Value": "{{ Recipient.Name }}",
			"Mapping": "Recipient.MergeFieldValue1"
		},
		{
			"Name": "Recipient.City",
			"Value": "{{ Recipient.City }}",
			"Mapping": "Recipient.MergeFieldValue2"
		},
		{
			"Name": "Recipient.EmailAddress",
			"Value": "{{ Recipient.EmailAddress }}",
			"Mapping": "Recipient.EmailAddress"
		}
	],
	"SpecialLinks": [
		{
			"Type": "system",
			"Label": "Unsubscribe",
			"Link": "[[ SpecialLink.Unsubscribe ]]",
			"Mapping": "SpecialLink.Unsubscribe",
            "Tag": null
		},
		{
			"Type": "system",
			"Label": "View in browser",
			"Link": "[[ SpecialLink.ViewInBrowser ]]",
			"Mapping": "SpecialLink.ViewInBrowser",
            "Tag": null
		},
		{
			"Type": "link",
			"Label": "CM",
			"Link": "[[ SpecialLink.link1 ]]",
			"Mapping": "https://www.cm.com",
            "Tag": "Website" 
		}
	]
}