List of DocuGen Placeholders – DocuGen help center

No more wondering! You can easily find out what placeholders you can use:

If you are using a DocuGen item view (recommended 👍): Go to Settings > Fields and click on any field to copy the placeholder. Go to your Word document and paste it:
If you are using a DocuGen board view: You can easily generate a document containing a list of all placeholders specific to your board. Check out this article for step-by-step instructions.

You can also check out our two-step wizard to help you find the right placeholders for your document templates:

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Introduction

Placeholders can be located anywhere in your document template.

There are three types of DocuGen placeholders (details below):

Table placeholders insert a table of items or subitems in your document
Column placeholders insert the value of a specific column for a specific item
General placeholders insert information about your monday.com account or the user generating the document

Visit our Template gallery for sample templates using placeholders. You can also visit our Tutorials for step-by-step instructions.

Table placeholders for board items

Table placeholders insert a table (rows and columns) of items from your board.

Placeholder	Explanation
<<table_header>>	Tells DocuGen to insert the column labels from the board in one row in your document. You must insert the <<table_header>> placeholder inside a 'guide table' in your Word template so that DocuGen can generate the document using the same styling you applied to each column. For example, if the guide table in your Word template looks like this: ... the generated document will look like this: Note that the placeholder <<table_header>> and the dummy text ("Any text...") have all been replaced by the column labels from the board. No other rows are changed, since there are no other placeholders.
<<table_body>>	Tells DocuGen to insert the board items as a table in your document (without the column labels). You must insert the <<table_body>> placeholder inside a 'guide table' in your Word template so that DocuGen can generate the document using the same styling you applied to each column. If you apply a filter to your DocuGen view and click the green "Generate document" button, the table in your document will only contain the filtered items from your DocuGen view. DocuGen will insert one row for each item. For example, if you have 3 items in your board, DocuGen will insert 3 rows in your table, starting on the row where the <<table_body>> is located. For example, if the guide table in your Word template looks like this: ... the generated document will look like this: Note that the placeholder <<table_body>> and the dummy text ("Anything here...") have all been replaced by the items from the board. Also, since there are 3 items on the board, DocuGen inserted 2 more rows.
Combining <<table_header>> and <<table_body>>	You can use both placeholders together to generate totally dynamic tables. For example, if the guide table in your Word template looks like this: ... the generated document will look like this:

Table placeholders for subitems

Table placeholders insert a table (rows and columns) of subitems from your board.

Placeholder	Explanation
<<subitems_header>>	Tells DocuGen to insert the column labels from the subitems in one row in your document. You must insert the <<subitems_header>> placeholder inside a 'guide table' in your Word template so that DocuGen can generate the document using the same styling you applied to each column. This placeholder works the same way as the <<table_header>> above.
<<subitems_body>>	Tells DocuGen to insert the subitems as a table in your document (without the column labels). You must insert the <<table_body>> placeholder inside a 'guide table' in your Word template so that DocuGen can generate the document using the same styling you applied to each column. This placeholder works the same way as the <<table_header>> above.
Combining <<subitems_header>> and <<subitems_body>>	You can use both placeholders together to generate totally dynamic tables. This works the same way as combining the table placeholders above.

Column placeholders

Column placeholders insert the value of a specific column into your document.

Any styling you apply to the placeholder in your Word template (bold, italic, paragraph positioning, etc.) will be preserved when generating the document.

Placeholder	Explanation
*<<column_firstrow:COLUMN LABEL>>*	The value in the column “COLUMN LABEL”. For example, if you have a column called “Due Date”, the placeholder should be <<column_firstrow:Due Date>> If you are using the "Generate document" button in DocuGen view, this will get the value from the first created row in your board (regardless of the row's actual position). If you are using an integration recipe (button, status, or date), this will get the value from the row that triggered the integration recipe. Click here for more details on how you can use this placeholder.
<<column_firstrow:Item>>	This placeholder is similar to the previous one, but it specifically returns the item name (the very first column in your board). For example, if you have a row called “Send Tony a birthday card”, this placeholder will be replaced by "Send Tony a birthday card" when you generate the document. If you are using the "Generate document" button in DocuGen view, this will get the value from the first created row in your board (regardless of the row's actual position). If you are using an integration recipe (button, status, or date), this will get the value from the row that triggered the integration recipe. Click here for more details on how you can use this placeholder.
*<<column_sum:COLUMN LABEL>>*	The sum of the values in the column “COLUMN LABEL”. For example, if you have a column called “Amount” and you would like to insert the total of this column in. your document, the placeholder should be <<column_sum:Amount>> Click here for more details on how you can use this placeholder.
<<group_name>>	The group name of the first row being sent to DocuGen. Click here for more details on how you can use group names.

General placeholders

General placeholders insert values from your monday.com account or user details.