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title: "Totara goal notification placeholders"
slug: "totara-goal-notification-placeholders"
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:58Z
canonical: "totara.help/totara-goal-notification-placeholders"
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# Totara goal notification placeholders

Below is a table showing the specific [notification placeholders](/19/docs/notification-placeholders) for Totara goals.

| **Placeholder title** | **Placeholder syntax** | **Placeholder meaning** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Commenter's text | [comment:content_text] | The content of the comment that has been added or updated. |
| Goal name | [goal:name] | The name of the goal containing the comment. |
| Goal name with link | [goal:name_linked] | The name of the goal containing the comment with a link to the comment. |
| Goal commenter placeholders | [commenter:____] e.g. [commenter:first_name] | The profile information of the user commenting on the goal. All of the profile fields available as recipient placeholders (see [Notification placeholders](/19/docs/notification-placeholders)) are available for Totara goal notifications as commenter placeholders. |
| Goal commenters placeholders | [commenters:____] e.g. [commenters:full_name] | The profile information of any users that have previously commented on the goal (not the current commenter). All of the profile fields available as recipient placeholders (see [Notification placeholders](/19/docs/notification-placeholders)) are available for Totara goal notifications as commenters placeholders. |
| Goal subject placeholders | [goal_subject:____] e.g. [goal_subject:first_name] | The profile information of the user the goal was created for. All of the profile fields available as recipient placeholders (see [Notification placeholders](/19/docs/notification-placeholders)) are available for Totara goal notifications as goal subject placeholders. |

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