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title: "Create field placeholders"
slug: "create-field-placeholders"
updated: 2026-02-05T08:52:05Z
published: 2026-02-05T08:52:05Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.gong.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create field placeholders

> **Who can use this**: Business admin
> 
> **Available on**: Any Gong plan

Field placeholders let you pull in live data from Gong or your CRM, so your content is accurate, personalized, and always up to date. Gong provides two types of field placeholders: built-in system field placeholders and CRM-based field placeholders created by admins.

You can use field placeholders when:

- Creating [email templates](/v1/docs/creating-and-managing-company-variables) and flow emails in Engage
- Creating [AI briefers](/v1/docs/create-and-manage-account-and-call-briefs)

Add field placeholders to personalize templates, emails, and briefs with CRM data that updates automatically for each recipient. See how to set up field placeholders for [Salesforce](/v1/docs/set-import-of-salesforce-fields), [HubSpot](/v1/docs/set-import-of-hubspot-fields), and [Dynamics 365](/v1/docs/set-the-fields-to-import).

The built-in field placeholders provided by Gong are:

| Field placeholder label | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Recipient first name | Display the first names of the recipients in the "To" field. Displays up to 3 recipients by name (Sarah, John and Mike). For 4 and more recipients, displays only the first name of the first person in the “To” field. |
| Sender first name | Displays the first name of the person in the “From” field. |
| Meeting title | Displays the title of the meeting that triggered this email. |
| Meeting date | Displays the date of the meeting that triggered this email. When relevant, date is preceded by “yesterday,” “today,” and “tomorrow”. |
| Meeting hour | Displays the hour of the meeting, in AM/PM time format, that triggered this email. |
| Recording link | Displays the link to the recording that triggered this email. |
| Email subject | Displays the subject of the email that triggered this email. |
| Recipient job title | Displays the job title of the person in the “To” field. |
| Recipient company name | Displays the company name of the person in the “To” field. |
| Primary scheduling link | Displays the sender's primary scheduling link, as set up by the sender in [My Settings](/v1/docs/my-settings) |
| My scheduling link 2 My scheduling link 3 My scheduling link 4 My scheduling link 5 | Displays the sender's scheduling links, as set up by the sender in [My Settings](/v1/docs/my-settings) |

A team member who manages the business entities in Gong, such as deal and forecast boards. [Find my Business admin](/v1/docs/find-your-technical-or-business-admin).

Access to this feature depends on your [assigned seat](/v1/docs/plans-and-seats).