{"id":68393,"date":"2024-03-25T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/overview-placeholder\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:34:37","password":"","slug":"overview-placeholder","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/administration\/place-holders\/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<!--presto-player:video_id=22--><figure class=\"wp-block-video presto-block-video  presto-provider-youtube\" style=\"--plyr-color-main: var(--presto-player-highlight-color, #2563eb); --presto-player-logo-width: 150px; \">\n\t<presto-player \n\t\tpreset='{&quot;id&quot;:5,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;YouTube Optimized&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;play-large&quot;:true,&quot;rewind&quot;:true,&quot;play&quot;:true,&quot;fast-forward&quot;:true,&quot;progress&quot;:true,&quot;current-time&quot;:true,&quot;mute&quot;:true,&quot;volume&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:true,&quot;pip&quot;:false,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;captions&quot;:false,&quot;reset_on_end&quot;:true,&quot;auto_hide&quot;:true,&quot;show_time_elapsed&quot;:false,&quot;captions_enabled&quot;:false,&quot;save_player_position&quot;:false,&quot;sticky_scroll&quot;:false,&quot;sticky_scroll_position&quot;:&quot;bottom right&quot;,&quot;on_video_end&quot;:&quot;select&quot;,&quot;play_video_viewport&quot;:false,&quot;hide_youtube&quot;:false,&quot;lazy_load_youtube&quot;:true,&quot;hide_logo&quot;:false,&quot;border_radius&quot;:0,&quot;caption_style&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption_background&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;is_locked&quot;:true,&quot;cta&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;watermark&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;search&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;email_collection&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;created_by&quot;:4,&quot;created_at&quot;:&quot;2024-06-20 11:19:03&quot;,&quot;updated_at&quot;:&quot;2024-06-20 11:19:03&quot;,&quot;deleted_at&quot;:&quot;&quot;}'\n\t\tbranding='{&quot;logo&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#2563eb&quot;,&quot;logo_width&quot;:150,&quot;player_css&quot;:&quot;&quot;}'\n\t\tchapters='[]'\n\t\toverlays='[]'\n\t\ttracks='[]'\n\t\tblock-attributes='{&quot;playsInline&quot;:true,&quot;id&quot;:22,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=WzmOoHtQleE&quot;,&quot;preset&quot;:5,&quot;video_id&quot;:&quot;WzmOoHtQleE&quot;,&quot;metadata&quot;:{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Platzhalter verwenden1&quot;},&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Platzhalter in ChurchTools&quot;}'\n\t\tanalytics=''\n\t\tautomations\t\tprovider='youtube'\n\t\t\t\tid=\"presto-player-1\"\n\t\tsrc=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WzmOoHtQleE?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;playinline=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1\"\n\t\tmedia-title=\"Platzhalter in ChurchTools\"\n\t\tcss=\"\"\n\t\tclass=\"presto-video-id-22 presto-preset-id-5 skin-modern\"\n\t\tskin=\"modern\" \n\t\ticon-url=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/presto-player\/img\/sprite.svg\" \n\t\tpreload=\"\" \n\t\tposter=\"\"\n\t\tyoutube=\"{&quot;noCookie&quot;:true,&quot;channelId&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;show_count&quot;:false}\"\n\t\tprovider-video-id=\"WzmOoHtQleE\"\n\t\tvideo-id=\"22\"\n\t\tlazy-load-youtube\t\tvideo-attributes='{}'\n\t\tplaysinline\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/presto-player>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can I use placeholders?<\/h2>\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<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<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<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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do I use placeholders?<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/administration\/place-holders\/how-to-use-placeholders-in-e-mails\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7665\">Placeholders in e-mails<\/a><\/h3>\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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/administration\/place-holders\/how-to-use-placeholders-in-form-letters\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7666\">Placeholders in form letters<\/a><\/h3>\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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Placeholders in donation receipts<\/h3>\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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Placeholders in Label Printing<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feature will be available in an upcoming version of ChurchTools.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What placeholders are available?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve put together a list of all <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/administration\/place-holders\/placeholders-in-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7645\">the placeholders available<\/a> in ChurchTools so you can quickly find the one you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advanced Use Cases<\/h2>\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\/administration\/place-holders\/17-how-to-use-control-structures-with-placeholders\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-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<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\/administration\/place-holders\/placeholders-in-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7645\">What placeholders are available?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/administration\/place-holders\/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\/administration\/place-holders\/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\/administration\/place-holders\/17-how-to-use-control-structures-with-placeholders\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-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. 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