Settings tab
Subject line:
Subject line of the email.
From name:
The email sender’s name or organization name.
From address:
The sent-from email address.
Reply to address:
The email address for recipient replies.
CC address:
The email address that is CC’d when sent.
BCC address:
The email address that is BCC’d when sent.
Tags:
Unique identifiers to group with other emails.
Start sending emails:
Enables the email to begin sending to recipients.
Automatically generate eTicket numbers:
Created for eTicket emails, this automatically creates eTicket numbers.
Automatically attach eTicket PDF:
Automatically attaches the PDF of the recipient's tickets.
Digital membership card:
Allows you to create Digital Membership Card links in the grid.
Email the same recipient more than once:
Sends email to the same recipient more than once.
Add OData links button:
The button to add your OData link to the email. Limited to one (1) OData link.
Red circle button:
Removes your OData link from the email. This does not remove the OData link from Altru, only the email.
OData links section:
Shows the link and name of your OData link.
Ticket Design:
A dropdown that shows all ticket designs previously created in Ticket Designer.
Frequency:
A dropdown that shows the time-options that emails can be sent. Emails can be sent immediately, at a specific time, or relative to a date.
- Immediately: Send email right away using note type.
- Specific time: Send email at a specific time using a note type.
- Relative to date: Send email relative to a specific date. Note type not required.
Email Types:
Transactional, Membership, or Reservation.
Email address:
Maps the Email Address based on your query.
Note type:
Selection of a note type based on your query.
System record ID:
The System record ID for a sales order, membership, or reservation. This is necessary for adding a copy of the email back into the constituent’s record in Altru and prevent sending the same email again.
Grouping key:
Unique identifier to group similar rows of data together. For example, system record ID for a sales order groups all the items in the sales order into one email.
Grouped fields:
Fields selected to be grouped based on the grouping key.
Grid:
Display the items grouped in a grid with a table.
- Merge fields available: All merge fields that can be used in the email content.
- Header, grid, footer: A setting where clicking on “Load default” will automatically set up the header, grid, and footer in the email for you.
- Save Settings button: A button that saves all changes.
Buttons:
- Archive: Moves the email to an archived email and no longer an active email.
- Remove: Removes the email along with the activity history.
- Clone: Makes a copy of the email without the query or the activity.
- Save Settings: Saves any changes made to the email.

Additional Email Designer support articles can be found at our Knowledge base.