Recipient data

This topic describes how you can use field functions to process recipient data and modify texts and time specifications.

For example, if you have a recipient list field for the date of the last purchase, you can use a field function to display the date in the mailing text: We miss you! You last ordered something on 14.01.2020 and we would be happy to see you again! Enclosed you will find a $10 shopping voucher!

Since the date is stored in a standard format and would be displayed in the mailing text as 2020-01-14 10:12:00.0, for example, you can format the date using the following Velocity code:

To display dates from recipient list fields as formatted text, you can use the following Velocity code:

To display the current date as formatted text, you can use the following Velocity code:

To display the current calendar week as formatted text, you can use the following Velocity code:

To output the period in years between the current date and the date in a recipient list field as formatted text, you can use the following Velocity code:

You can use Velocity to compare numbers from recipient list fields.

To generate a random number, for example to load a random image from the file server, you can use the following Velocity code:

To replace text from recipient list fields (for example HTML code with special characters for the text version), you can add the following ODR code as text content:

To convert HTML breaks (<br/>) to blank lines for the text version, you can add the following ODR code as text content:

You can use the following Velocity code to display text from recipient list fields as uppercase letters:

You can use the following Velocity code to display text from recipient list fields as lowercase letters:

If you use the coupon system to generate machine-readable bar codes, you can use Velocity to create bar code field functions based on your recipient list fields.

To create bar code field functions, you need the following information:

Insert the field function into your mailing using the image tag (<img src="****\{\{fieldfunction}}****"/>). Alternatively, you can create the field function directly with image tag, for example, <img src="${barcodeCouponImage.getImageUrlFor($user.data.coupon, "twooffivebarcode", 9)}"/>.

If you use the coupon system to generate machine-readable QR codes, you can use Velocity to create QR code field functions based on your recipient list fields.

To create QR code field functions, you need the following information:

Insert the field function into your mailing using the image tag (<img src="****\{\{fieldfunction}}****"/>). Alternatively, you can create the field function directly with image tag, for example, <img src="${barcodeCouponImage.getImageUrlForQrCode($user.data.coupon, 300)}"/>.