{"id":68393,"date":"2024-03-25T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/overview-placeholder\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:08:35","password":"","slug":"overview-placeholder","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/overview-placeholder\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview Placeholder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Placeholders let you quickly and easily create personalized text for different recipients or use cases without having to write each piece of text individually. Instead, you can write a general text and use placeholders within it to customize the text for your specific needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.mediadelivery.net\/embed\/752823\/dc03faf1-ca5c-4137-9dd4-792313402e02?autoplay=false&#038;loop=false&#038;muted=false&#038;preload=false&#038;responsive=true&#038;includeRum=false\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:0;position:absolute;top:0;height:100%;width:100%;\" allow=\"accelerometer;gyroscope;autoplay;encrypted-media;picture-in-picture;fullscreen;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can I use placeholders?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ChurchTools uses placeholders that open up many possibilities for you. You can currently use these placeholders anywhere in ChurchTools where you can compose e-mails or send form letters. Support for using them in label printing will be added in the future.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ccdadb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Hinweis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">The placeholders you&#8217;ve been able to use in ChurchTools so far can still be used. This ensures that any text you&#8217;ve already created that uses placeholders will continue to work. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the context in which you&#8217;re writing a text, there are various placeholders available that you can insert either through the new user interface or by manually entering the placeholder (e.g., <code>{{person.firstName}}<\/code> (person&#8217;s first name)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ccdadb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Hinweis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">If you want to restrict the use of personal data fields as placeholders, you can configure this individually for each personal data field in the <em>master data<\/em> of the <em>Persons<\/em> module.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do I use placeholders?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/how-to-use-placeholders-in-e-mails\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7665\">Placeholders in e-mails<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re manually writing an e-mail to individuals or groups or having ChurchTools send e-mails automatically, in most cases you can use many placeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/how-to-use-placeholders-in-form-letters\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7666\">Placeholders in form letters<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether in the HTML template or in the text of your mail merge\u2014you can use the placeholders here as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Placeholders in donation receipts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In donation receipts, you use special placeholders from the &#8220;Finance&#8221; module. We&#8217;ll show you how to create donation receipt templates in our guide, &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/donations\/19-how-to-edit-the-templates-for-donation-receipts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7166\">How toi create\/edit donation receipt templates?&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Placeholders in Label Printing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feature will be available in an upcoming version of ChurchTools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What placeholders are available?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve put together a list of all <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/placeholders-in-churchtools\/\" type=\"docs\" id=\"7645\">the placeholders available<\/a> in ChurchTools so you can quickly find the one you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advanced Use Cases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can use so-called <em>placeholder functions<\/em> to embed QR codes in your e-mails, for example. You can even customize them for multiple recipients. In our tutorial, <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/17-how-to-use-control-structures-with-placeholders\/\" type=\"docs\" id=\"7663\">\u201cWhat Additional Options Do Placeholders Offer Me?\u201d<\/a>, we\u2019ll explain how to implement this and other use cases.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-79a8db7e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/placeholders-in-churchtools\/\" type=\"docs\" id=\"7645\">What placeholders are available?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/how-to-use-placeholders-in-e-mails\/\">How to use placeholders in e-mails?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/how-to-use-placeholders-in-form-letters\/\">How to use placeholders in form letters?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/donations\/19-how-to-edit-the-templates-for-donation-receipts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7166\">How to create\/edit donation receipt templates?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/my-churchtools\/placeholders\/17-how-to-use-control-structures-with-placeholders\/\" type=\"docs\" id=\"7663\">What other possibilities do placeholders offer me?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placeholders let you quickly and easily create personalized text for different recipients or use cases without having to write each piece of text individually. Instead, you can write a general text and use placeholders within it to customize the text for your specific needs. Where can I use placeholders? 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