VEM Merging - Delimiters and Codes
To enhance the functionality of your email templates you may like to take
advantage of VEM Merge Codes...
Merge Delimiters
{![pseudoentity|vem]:[attribute];} - CRM Standard
{~[pseudoentity|vem]:[attribute]~} - VEM Alternative
http://~[pseudoentity|vem]:[attribute]~/ - VEM Hyperlink
Delimiters follow the syntax which is similar to CRM native raw dataslugs and
designed to be compatible with CRM 4.0 and 2011. Currently these codes should be
manually entered and tested before production usage.
VEM Hyperlink format can be used for successfully merging photos or other images using the
SRC attribute, or hyperlinks using the HREF attribute as this is maintained when saving within
a standard CRM template.
e.g. <img src="http://~systemuser:photourl~/" alt="~systemuser:fullname~ " />
Note: In order to ensure the ALT attribute contents are enclosed in quotes and not
truncated it is necessary to insert space after the merge code above.
Current Date Time
{~vem:date_Z_LCID~}
The ‘Z’ parameter defines the formatting and uses general .net formats, e.g. 'd' is
short date, 'D' is long date.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1.aspx
The ‘LCID’ defines the culture (language) for the formats, e.g. 2057 is en-gb,
1033 is en-us. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664
Owning User
{~owninguser:attribute~}
Generally within a template you can reference attributes of the recipient or the
sender. In addition, for contacts you can reference parent account attributes
and for accounts you can reference primary contact attributes.
This extension allows you to also reference attributes of the recipient's owning
user whilst having a consistent (e.g. Acme Sales) queue as the email campaign
sender. That is - without the necessity to specify the sender as the recipient's
owner.
A clear benefit is that the recipient can be advised of their own point-of-contact within the email.
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