# Dynamic Insertion Fields

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-insertion-fields/10081>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 12, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-insertion-fields/10081 "2017-12-12T19:53:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rotapeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rotapeter](https://forum.mautic.org/u/rotapeter)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-insertion-fields/10081/1 "2017-12-12T19:53:09Z")

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Hello,  
  
  
  
I’m trying to use the Email fields as mentioned in 6.1 in the documentation. I have tried this {fieldname} but that doesn’t seem to work. What is the proper syntax to dynamically insert a field into an email?

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**Author:** ![rotapeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rotapeter](https://forum.mautic.org/u/rotapeter)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-insertion-fields/10081/2 "2017-12-12T19:53:09Z")

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Hello,

I’m trying to use the Email fields as mentioned in 6.1 in the documentation. I have tried this {fieldname} but that doesn’t seem to work. What is the proper syntax to dynamically insert a field into an email?

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**Author:** ![petertl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/petertl/32/511_2.png) [@petertl](https://forum.mautic.org/u/petertl)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/dynamic-insertion-fields/10081/3 "2017-12-13T07:40:33Z")

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Which field do you want to insert?

Example for inserting the first name of a contact: {contactfield=firstname}