# Dynamic fields in subject **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas and Feature Requests\ **Created:** [September 3, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278 "2015-09-03T12:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pietromantovani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@pietromantovani](https://forum.mautic.org/u/pietromantovani)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/1 "2015-09-03T12:50:34Z")
Hello, I think it would be very useful to insert dynamic fields in email’s subject. ---
**Author:** ![pietromantovani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@pietromantovani](https://forum.mautic.org/u/pietromantovani)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/2 "2015-09-03T12:50:34Z")
Hello, I think it would be very useful to insert dynamic fields in email’s subject. ---
**Author:** ![Radek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/radek/32/412_2.png) [@Radek](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Radek)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/3 "2015-09-03T13:01:48Z")
You mean like use lead’s first name in the emails’ subject ? Sound idea I will second to that. ---
**Author:** ![pietromantovani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@pietromantovani](https://forum.mautic.org/u/pietromantovani)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/4 "2015-09-03T13:15:25Z")
Yes @Radek , you got it. ---
**Author:** ![andrewchildsza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/andrewchildsza/32/33_2.png) [@andrewchildsza](https://forum.mautic.org/u/andrewchildsza)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/5 "2015-09-09T13:19:17Z")
This functionality would be excellent. ---
**Author:** ![escopecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/escopecz/32/370_2.png) [@escopecz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/escopecz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/6 "2015-09-11T12:17:32Z")
Are you sure it doesn’t work already? I just tested it with this subject: ```auto email: {leadfield=email} ``` and the email field was replaced with actual email of the lead after send. ---
**Author:** ![JennaFoster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JennaFoster](https://forum.mautic.org/u/JennaFoster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/7 "2016-06-21T06:12:49Z")
It does work, however I found that newly populated fields in some contacts don’t pull through until one has logged out and back in again after updating the contacts? ---
**Author:** ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.mautic.org/u/claudio)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/8 "2016-06-21T10:19:14Z")
You can also pull data from forms using: ```auto {formfield=some_field_name} ``` If the email is sent using a action on the form. Although I wasn’t able to use this on URLs because they are encoded. ---
**Author:** ![ethanzinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@ethanzinho](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ethanzinho)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/9 "2016-10-07T17:45:12Z")
What happens if you use dynamic fields (e.g. name) with users who you don’t have that information for? Is it possible to give a fall back? For example, if I send an email starting out with “Hey [name],” is it possible for leads whose names I don’t have to have a fallback, for example, “Hey buddy,” ? ---
**Author:** ![mike-accentdm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mike-accentdm/32/1178_2.png) [@mike-accentdm](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mike-accentdm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/10 "2016-10-20T12:48:59Z")
Just a thought but have you tried using dynamic content? Using your examples: In the email screen, go to dynamic content and create a default of “Hey {leadfield=firstname},”. Create a variation of “Hey buddy,” and set the filter to first name and not empty. ---
**Author:** ![Paul999](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/paul999/32/156_2.png) [@Paul999](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Paul999)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/11 "2017-02-07T11:52:31Z")
[quote=16273:@ethanzinho]What happens if you use dynamic fields (e.g. name) with users who you don’t have that information for? Is it possible to give a fall back? For example, if I send an email starting out with “Hey [name],” is it possible for leads whose names I don’t have to have a fallback, for example, “Hey buddy,” ?[/quote] Yes, you can use {contactfield=firstname|there} Note the pipe symbol and the alternative value right after it. You have to add it in code view. Tested it. It works. P.S. This doesn’t seem to be described in the docs, I found out through Github that this feature exists, after making a feature request for it. ---
**Author:** ![bchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@bchiam](https://forum.mautic.org/u/bchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/12 "2017-02-07T14:12:09Z")
I tried {contactfield=firstname} in the subject line and it work like a breeze! Cool feature yet very personalized! ---
**Author:** ![ethanzinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@ethanzinho](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ethanzinho)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/13 "2017-02-12T06:49:10Z")
@Paul999 Thank you! I tried it and I don’t think it worked (got [name] in the test email). But I just saw you said to add it in code view, so next time I’ll try that. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Paul999](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/paul999/32/156_2.png) [@Paul999](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Paul999)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/14 "2017-02-12T09:57:03Z")
@ethanzinho It doesn’t work in test emails, it only works in emails that are sent out the regular way. ---
**Author:** ![ethanzinho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@ethanzinho](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ethanzinho)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/15 "2017-02-13T01:57:42Z")
@paul999 Gotcha. I was a bit hesitant to send it out without being sure. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![DutchAlfred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@DutchAlfred](https://forum.mautic.org/u/DutchAlfred)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/16 "2017-02-14T12:31:08Z")
Also works great with me! ---
**Author:** ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-fields-in-subject/2278/17 "2020-02-02T22:58:32Z")