Customize eNotify messages with merge tags

This article refers to our legacy product, eNotify, which will no longer be available and support for the product will be discontinued, effective August 1, 2023. For the best Finalsite experience, we recommend using our Finalsite Messages, which provides enhanced security and reliability for your school's email communication needs. Visit our client portal for additional information and next steps.

You can personalize eNotify messages to address recipients by name, or to reflect other information (usernames, passwords, nicknames) from a recipient's profile in Constituent Manager.

eNotify's "Personalization" options allow you to insert a user's profile data by means of placeholder text. For instance, instead of addressing recipients as "Dear Reader," you could address them by their first name by using the %firstname% placeholder. When your message is sent, eNotify will automatically replace the placeholder text with the appropriate data from the user's Constituent Manager profile.

Using the template editor, you can insert personalization placeholders into any text element.

Click on the text element to edit it, then click the "Merge tags" button to display the available placeholders.

Note: Subscriber data is drawn from the email address that is associated with the name in Constituent Manager. Public users who do not have site logins can be found in Constituent Manager under the "eNotify Subscribers" role. To change the information for a user, simply update the recipient's profile in Constituent Manager. Subsequent personalized email sent will automatically pull the updated information. If subscribing users through a datasheet upload, eNotify will first look for an associated profile and use the profile data first, overwriting the upload data.

In addition to personalization, you can also use merge tags to send users their portal login information, including a link to reset their password (not a plain-text password).