Seminar notification placeholders

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Seminar activity placeholders

Below is a table showing the specific notification placeholders for seminar activities. These placeholders are available for all seminar notifications.

Placeholder titlePlaceholder syntaxPlaceholder meaning
Course Full name[course:full_name]The full name of the course in which the seminar activity is contained.
Activity Name[activity:name]The name of the seminar activity.
Event Cost[event:cost]The cost (if applicable) of attending the seminar event.
Event Reminder period[event:reminder_period]The amount of time before the event that the reminder message is sent.
Event Event date[event:session_date]Date of the event on which the user is booked.
Event Start date[event:start_date]Date of the start of the event. If there are multiple sessions it will use the first one.
Event Start time[event:start_time]Start time of the event. If there are multiple sessions it will use the first one.
Event Finish date[event:finish_date]Date at the end of the event. If there are multiple sessions it will use the first one.
Event Finish time[event:finish_time]Finish time of the event. If there are multiple sessions it will use the first one.
Event Duration[event:duration]Length of the event.
Event Details[event:details]Details about the event. 
Event Attendees (with link)[event:attendees_link]Link to the attendees page for the event.
Event Latest start date[event:latest_start_date]Date at the start of the event. If there are multiple sessions it will use the last one.
Event Latest start time[event:latest_start_time]Start time of the event. If there are multiple sessions it will use the last one. 
Event Latest finish date[event:latest_finish_date]Date at the end of the event. If there are multiple sessions it will use the last one.
Event Latest finish time[event:latest_finish_time]Finish time of the event. If there are multiple sessions it will use the last one.
Event Registration cutoff[event:registration_cutoff]The deadline for registrations. If not set, this will default to the event start time.
Event Booked[event:booked]The number of attendees booked on the event.
Event Capacity[event:capacity]The total number of available bookings for the event.
Event Minimum Capacity[event:minimum_capacity]The minimum number of required attendees for the event to go ahead.
Course Full name (with link)[course:full_name_link]The name of the course in which the seminar activity is contained, which also links to the course page.
Event Event (with link)[event:event_page_link]A URL linking to the seminar event page.
Activity Name (with link)[activity:name_link]The name of the seminar activity, which also links to the activity.
Event All sessions[event:all_sessions]See the Session placeholders section below for more information on editing this placeholder.

Session placeholders

Session information can be added using the All sessions placeholder, with the syntax [event:all_sessions]. This placeholder content can be modified by editing the following language pack string:
notification_placeholder_event_all_sessions_layout

By editing this string you can configure how the All sessions placeholder is displayed using the following placeholders.

Placeholder titlePlaceholder syntaxPlaceholder meaning

Start session loop

[#sessions]

To start the loop. The notification_placeholder_event_all_sessions_layout string must always start with this placeholder.
End session loop[/sessions]To end the loop. The notification_placeholder_event_all_sessions_layout string must always end with this placeholder.
Session timezone[session:timezone]Time zone of the session.
Session asset name[session:asset:name]Name of the asset assigned to this session.    
Session asset link[session:asset:link]       Link to the details page for this asset.
Session facilitator name[session:facilitator:name]    Name of the facilitator assigned to this session.    
Session facilitator link[session:facilitator:link]    Link to the details page for this facilitator.    
Session room name[session:room:name]    Name of the room assigned to this session.
Session room link[session:room:link]    Link to the details page for this room.

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