Plain text value definition

Plain text is the simpliest way to set a value in a object field, template part or ACL rule. The idea is that you use placeholders for dynamic values coming from the object, in combination with free text.

For example: You want to automatically generate an email address after the user has provided firstname and lastname. The result that you want is: firstname+dot+lastname+domainname. With plain text, this can be done easily like this:

• Use the dropdown list to find the field or part that contains firstname

• Click Add

  • You will see that a placeholder is added to the textbox. This placeholder will be replaced with the value hold within the selected part.

• Now type a dot

• Use the dropdown to select the field lastname and click Add again

• Now type the domainname

In the example above you have now configured how to generate an email address based on the fields firstname and lastname. Any combination of placeholders and free text is possible.