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How do you determine the Custom Field ID to add it as a tag in an email template?

Looking to customize our email template with some custom ticket fields, but I do not know how to determine the custom field ID.

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conners

Edit the custom field and the display ID is the one you need

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conners

Edit the custom field and the display ID is the one you need

pdonnelly1

Thanks.

Just seems odd that the Display Order ID would be the right way to use that field, versus just using the custom field name/label.

kjette

We use many custom fields for various emails for different situations and it really is a bad way of doing it. We use them so clients can be presented with specific fields based on the Request Type chosen when submitting a ticket in the web portal. The problems start if you want to go back and change the order of the fields or add an additional one. Since they are tied to Display Order ID then it changes order of everything after it and if you have emails being generated with action rules then all of the fields will be off and the emails will show the wrong ones. I agree that using a custom field name/label is a much better way. Another idea would be an option to just send the whole ticket with an action rule the way it would be sent if you CC'd someone. There are a few "no brainer" features missing in WHD and this is one of them.

pdonnelly1

Interesting idea on using an Action Rule to send the full ticket information.

t0ta11ed74

It would be even better if the Approval Process allowed you to use custom fields in things like an email to an approver. A good use case for that is a request that requires the user to enter the email address of a manager or supervisor. It would be nice to be able to set up an Approval Process to send an email to whatever that value is. Currently, you have to hard code a Client, CAB, or Location approver.