When building Form Requests and Form Request Packets, users may want to auto-populate the name(s) of the student and/or the recipient (e.g., parent) in different places. Instead of always a generic "your student," for example, users can use "%{student.first_name}," and the platform will populate the student's first name based on for whom the Form Request or Form Request Packet was sent. This ability is called string interpolation.
User can use the following strings to populate the corresponding information on the Form Request or Form Request Packet:
%{student.first_name} - Populates the first name of the student who is the subject of the form request or form request packet
%{student.last_name} - Populates the last name of the student who is the subject of the form request or form request packet
%{student.full_name} - Populates the full name of the student who is the subject of the form request or form request packet
%{student.chosen_name} - Populates the chosen first name of the student who is the subject of the form request or form request packet, if one exists on the student record
%{current_person.full_name} - Populates the full name of the recipient (e.g., parent) of the form request or form request packet
%{InstanceSettings.brand.instance_name} - Populates the full name of the school or school district as it appears within the August School platform or portal
How to use:
Type in the above string(s) into the title or description of questions, form requests, or form request packets on the Forms > Templates or Forms > Packets pages.