Employee email template glossary

Employee email template glossary

What follows is a list of placeholders that can be used when creating custom email templates for employees in eypeople. Note that not every placeholder is usable by every template format, and that any placeholder without corresponding data will return blank.

[[AbsenceFinishDate]] - When an absence ends, according to the employee schedule.

[[AbsenceStartDate]] - When an absence begins, according to the employee schedule.

[[AbsenceType]] - The type of absence it is (for example, holiday, sickness, compassionate)

[[CertificateExpiryDate]] - What date the DBS certificate expires in the Documents tab.

[[CertificateIssueDate]] - What date the DBS certificate was issued in the Documents tab.

[[CompanyName]] - The company’s name as it appears in Company/Nursery Chain settings.

[[CompanyTelephone]] - The company’s telephone number as it appears in Company/Nursery Chain settings.

[[CompanyWebsite]] - The company’s web address as it appears in Company/Nursery Chain settings. 

[[CompanyEmail]] - The company’s email as it appears in Company/Nursery Chain settings.

[[LinkEmployeeProfileform]] - A text link to the Employee Profile Form.

[[LoggedInUserName]] - The name of the user who sent the email.

[[NurseryName]] - The name of the nursery as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryAddress1]] - The first line of the nursery’s address as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryAddress2]] - The second line of the nursery’s address as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryAddress3]] - The third line of the nursery’s address as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryCity]] - The nursery’s city as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryCounty]] - The nursery’s county as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryCountry]] - The nursery’s country as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryPostCode]] - The nursery’s postcode as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryTelephone]] - The nursery’s telephone number as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryWebsite]] - The nursery’s web address as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryEmail]] - The nursery’s email as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[NurseryManager]] - The name of the nursery manager as it appears in Branch/Nursery settings.

[[Date]] - The date the email is sent.

[[EmployeeFirstName]] - The employee’s first name as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeLastName]] - The employee’s last name as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeTitle]] - The employee’s title as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeURN]] - The employee’s URN as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeGender]] - The employee’s legal gender as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeDateOfBirth]] - The employee’s date of birth as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeePosition]] - The employee’s job title/position as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeStartDate]] - The employee’s start date as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeLeaveDate]] - The employee’s leave date as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeePrimaryEmail]] - The employee’s primary email as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeAddress1]] - The first line of the employee’s address as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeAddress2]] - The second line of the employee’s address as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeAddress3]] - The third line of the employee’s address as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeeAddress4]] - The fourth line of the employee’s address as it appears in the employee profile.

[[EmployeePostcode]] - The employee’s postcode as it appears in the employee profile.

[[TermsAndConditions]] - The nursery’s terms and conditions as they appear in Branch/Nursery settings.

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