Fetch Month/Year via Email Scripting

[Anonymous]

Hello Everyone,

I have an email which is to be sent periodically, I was wondering if there is a way to automatically fetch the current month/last month/current year. Much like a token would do. I tried to google it but I could only find it could be done using Email Scripting Token.

My email line reads like this:

"Please submit any pending reports for upload for the month of <Last Month>. The last date for submission is 10th, <Current Month> <Current Year>."

Is there any way it can fetch the information automatically.

Thank you in advance.

Harshit

[DivyaChandran]

When i'm trying to use the token {{system.dateYear}} in the email, it shows Token key not found error. Do i need to do any extra step to enable this token in the instance?

[SanfordWhiteman]

I don't think the token actually exists. You still need to use the standard method (Velocity in emails, JS on pages).

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[Ravi_Ansal2]

Hi Harshit Pandey​,

You can find it on the developer website. Find the link below:

http://developers.marketo.com/documentation/velocity-script/

Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

Hello Ravi,

I was able to fetch the current month and year using the velocity script: $date.get('MMMM, yyyy')

However I am not able to fetch the "last month". Could you help me with the script to do so?

Thanks,

Harshit

[Nicholas_Manojl · Accepted solution]

Hi Harshit,

#set($calendar = $date.getCalendar())  

$calendar.add(2,-1) 

$date.format('MMMM',$calendar)

(come back and mark me as correct if this works for you).

#set($calendar = $date.getCalendar())   //get a calendar

$calendar.add(2,-1)  //use the calendar add tool, init month (2) and -1

$date.format('MMMM',$calendar)  //display the date in the format MMMM

[Anonymous]

Hey Nicholas,

You are the savior, it worked like a charm.

Thank you so much

Harshit

[Anonymous]

Hey Ravi,

Thank you for your prompt response, however I do not have any exposure to scripting and such so I was wondering if anyone could help me with the script itself so I could place it in custom token. Any help will be much appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

[Pavel_Plachky]

Hello Harshit,

The easiest way to do this is through the Velocity email scripting. There is no Marketo UI for this functionality.

Best,

Pavel

[Anonymous]

Hello Pavel,

I was able to fetch the current month and year using the velocity script: $date.get('MMMM, yyyy')

However I am not able to fetch the "last month". Could you help me with the script to do so?

Thanks,

Harshit

[Anonymous]

Hello Pavel,

The velocity email scripting link is not accessible from the Marketo doc, is there any other document or link which could guide?

Thanks,

Harshit