Field Merge

User_QR0HS

Hi All,

I have created a field merge using a custom object with a name as 'EVT_TicketCampaign_Conflocation' however when I am adding this field merge it comes as 'EVT_TicketCampaign_ConfName___copy11', can anyone tell me why so? why is it not the same as the name I have entered in the field merge? why do we get a different name upon selection?

Codrin Teiu

It's because the name you added is a display name and Eloqua assigned it an unique HTML name. The forms are amongst the fewassets where you can assign both a display and HTML name yourself, field merges are not. You might have the copy part of it if you created this field merge by copying an existing one.

Sebastiaan Van Dingenen-iODigital

I would never recommend copying a field merge, ever.

when you copy a fieldmerge it will instantly receive the same name as the original with copy or something similar at the end.

imagine this:

• field firstname with html name firstname

we copy the firstname field and change it to lastname:

• field lastname with htmlname firstname_copy

if you now make an email you see this:

• Dear firstname firstname_copy

i would avoid copying field merges at all costs to avoid this