Customize notification message templates

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Overview

When you turn on customer notifications, a default message template is automatically provided. You can leave it as is or customize it to match your business requirements.


Who uses this feature

  • Administrators

Customize templates for customer notifications

  1. Go to the top toolbar and click Settings > Communications > Customer Notifications.

  2. On the Customer Notifications screen, click the row for the notification type you want to customize.
    Customer notifications settings for booking confirmations, reminders, and dispatch notifications.

  3. Click the Text or Email tab, depending on the type of template you want to customize.
    User interface showing job completion surveys with highlighted email option selected.

  4. For texts, make sure your outbound default SMS number is set up:

    1. If your default SMS number is properly set up, you can see checkmark.
      Setup default SMS number with an option to edit the phone number displayed.

    2. If your default SMS number is not set up, you see a red warning icon.

      Note: Before you can enable text notifications, a default SMS number must be set up. Click Edit phone number and follow the steps to set up your default SMS number

      Notification to set up a default SMS number with an option to edit.

  5. For both texts and emails, make sure the Enable toggle is turned on then click Customize.

  6. Use the list of Personalized tokens on the right to add customized content to your template. Drag the desired tokens to the Body section of the Message Content.
    For example, adding Service Location Address would be useful if you have customers with multiple service locations where you perform jobs.
    Drag and drop personalized tokensTo remove a token from the Body, hover over it then click Delete.

    Note: If you know HTML or want to add pre-generated HTML content to your template, you can click Edit Html to alter the template directly.

    Email template thanking customers and requesting feedback on their experience with services.

  7. When you're finished customizing the template, click Preview Edits to ensure everything looks correct.
    A user editing an email message with a highlighted button to preview edits.

  8. The preview shows on the right, replacing the Personalized token list. If the preview looks correct, click Save.
    Email settings for job completion surveys with highlighted customization options and save button.

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