Where email template is used in Salesforce?

Where email template is used in Salesforce?

You can use email templates when mass emailing people with List Email or just to send to one person. You can create your own template or use templates created by Admin or your manager. There are two kinds of email templates in Salesforce: Classic Email Templates.

How do I create a VF email template?

Creating a Visualforce Email Template

1. Do one of the following:
2. Click New Template.
3. Choose Visualforce and click Next.
4. Choose a folder in which to store the template.
5. To make the template available for use, select the Available For Use checkbox.
6. Enter a name in Email Template Name.

How to send an email template via apex?

This helps to further ensure that merge fields in the template contain the correct data. Replace the setSubject method parameter with the value you are fetching from the EmailTemplate object. This way you can change the email content by changing it in the template. You need to remove below 2 lines to solve empty email.

Do you need to set target object in apex?

So here’s the scenario. You want to send an email that uses template for the email subject and body to a customer email address. You will probably need to set the Template Id but Salesforce also requires you to set the Target Object Id as well. The Target Object Id could be the Record Id of Contact, Lead, or User.

What does an approval template do in Salesforce?

An approval template is a Salesforce email template that’s been configured with custom logic for the Advanced Approvals package. Approval rules let you configure template lookups for approval requests, recall requests, approval responses, and rejection responses. Define them in the Email Notifications section of your approval rule.

How to create an email template in Visualforce?

Go to Setup-> search ‘template’ -> choose ‘Classic Email Templates’-> click on ‘New Template’ button. Select Visualforce option for ‘type of email template’. Enter template name, keep the other defaults. For this example we use ‘Test Account Alert Email’.