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What placeholders are available for use in my template?
When setting up a template, you can access the Xero placeholder tags by creating a text block or by clicking an existing text field, and clicking on the Merge Tags drop-down that pop-ups as per below screenshot.
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NOTE: These placeholders tag also work in the Email subject field. Simply copy and paste the tags into the text field.
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Here is the full list of placeholders available to you that you can copy and paste into your template.
Fields you can insert in template | Description of field |
|*account_number*| | Pulls the account number set up under each Contact in Xero |
|*company_name*| | Pulls the contact name set up under each Contact in Xero |
|*first_name*| | Pulls the primary person’s first name as setup in Xero |
|*last_name*| | Pulls the primary person’s last name as setup in Xero |
|*tax_number*| | The Contact’s tax number is pulled as set up in the Contact in Xero |
|*invoice_number*| | The invoice number as assigned in Xero |
|*invoice_type*| | Pulls the type of document it is, i.e if it is an Invoice or Credit Note |
|*invoice_reference*| | Pulls the value in the Reference field as per the setup of the invoice in Xero |
|*sub_total*| | Pulls the total before tax of the invoice created in Xero |
|*tax_total*| | Pulls the total tax amount on the invoice |
|*invoice_total*| | Pulls the total invoice amount (not including payments applied to it) |
|*amount_due*| | Pulls the total amount payable on that invoice in Xero (takes into account payments already applied against the invoice) |
|*amount_credited*| | Pulls the total amount credited on that invoice in Xero |
|*amount_paid*| | Pulls the total amount of payments made against that invoice in Xero |
|*date*| | The invoice’s date |
|*due_date*| | The invoices due date |
|*date_day*| | Pulls the day based on the invoice’s date (eg. Tuesday) |
|*date_month*| | Pulls the month based on the invoice’s date (eg. January) |
|*date_year*| | Pulls the year based on the invoice’s date |
|*due_date_day*| | Pulls the day based on the invoice’s date (eg. Tuesday) |
|*due_date_month*| | Pulls the month based on the invoice’s date (eg. January) |
|*due_date_year*| | Pulls the year based on the invoice’s date |
|*invoice_link*| | The Xero online URL that let’s customers view invoices online NB: Your invoice has to be an approved or paid invoice for the link to be visible |
|*currency_code*| | Displays the invoice currency |