Substitution Variables

A template file can contain substitution variables, like the following:

<p>System Name: %SYSTEM_NAME%</p>

The substitution variables are associated with a category of email message. The categories are:

Reservation

The following variables are associated with reservation messages.

%IMAGENAMES%	Image names used for the reservation. (comma-separated string).
%NUMSYSTEMS%	Number of systems reserved.
%ORGUNIT%	Organizational unit of the requestor.
%PROJECTID%	Project ID associated with the reservation.
%READYSYSTEMLIST%	List of system names or IP addresses for reserved systems that are ready (HTML list).
%READYSYSTEMTABLE%	Table of system names or IP addresses for reserved systems that are ready (HTML table).
%REQUESTEDSOFTWARE%	List of requested software (HTML list).
%RESERVATIONENDTIME%	Time when the reservation ends.
%RESERVATIONID%	Reservation ID.
%RESERVATIONNOTES%	Notes supplied for the reservation.
%RESERVATIONREADYTEXT%	The user-supplied text to include with all reservation ready e-mails.
%RESERVATIONSTARTTIME%	Time when the reservation starts.
%TEMPLATENAME%	The template used for this reservation.
%TICKETID%	The ticket ID associated with this reservation.
%TICKETURL%	The ticket URL associated with this reservation.
%USEREMAILADDRESS%	E-mail address of the requestor.
%USERNAME%	Username of the reservation requestor.
%VMNAMES%	List of reserved systems (HTML list).

System

The following variables are associated with system messages.

%DATACENTER%	The name of the data center.
%HOSTSYSTEM%	The name of the VM host system.
%IMAGENAME%	The name of the system image used to create the VM.
%IPADDRESSES%	A list of IP addresses associated with the system (comma-separated string).
%RESOURCEPOOL%	The resource pool name.
%SERVER%	The name of the server that is being reserved for a user. If a new VM is being created, this name is the same as the VM name.
%SYSTEMPASSWORD%	The system password (only included if “ReservedSystemReadyNotificationContainsPassword” is true). For Amazon EC2 systems, the variable is always included.
%SYSTEMUPDATEDTIME%	The time that the status of the system was last updated.
%SYSTEMUSERNAME%	User name associated with %SYSTEMPASSWORD% (only included if “ReservedSystemReadyNotificationContainsPassword” is true).
%VMCONSOLEURL%	URL for the VM Console.
%VMNAME%	The name of the virtual machine.

Task

The following variables are associated with task messages.

%TASKID%	The task ID.
%TASKDESCRIPTION%	The task description.
%TASKTYPE%	The task type.
%TASKTYPESHORT%	A shortened version of the task type.

Detailed message

The following variable is associated with detailed messages.

%DETAILEDMESSAGE%

The detailed message.

Miscellaneous

The following variables are associated only with an Approval Required message.

%AUTOCANCEL%	If the reservation is not approved in time (true or false), this message indicates whether the reservation is canceled automatically.
%AUTOCANCELMESSAGE%	If %AUTOCANCEL% is true, this message explains that the reservation is canceled automatically. Otherwise, no value.
%APPROVALDEADLINE%	If %AUTOCANCEL% is true, this message shows the time at which the reservation is canceled if it has not been approved.

The following variable is associated with any message.

%CURRENTTIME%

The current time.

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