Multiple Email Templates enable you to configure specific email messages for each of your recipients so the individual recipients receive different messages. You can customize your workflow to change the message of each recipient.

You can configure an email template from a field called Email Template. This field can be accessed by selecting the appropriate user under DocuSign Users tab. For now, this feature supports the email templates of Text type only. This includes Salesforce Merge Fields but does not support HTML type of templates. The user must enter the unique Template name in the Email Template field.

If you select a template of HTML type or you type an incorrect Email Template Unique name, then email message configured in Additional Details or the Custom Labels (EmailSubjectText and EmailBodyText) will be sent as an email to your recipients.

Use Case: Configuring Multiple Email Templates

We have an administrative user Sam Coop who wants to send an agreement for signature to three recipients - Fast Suppliers, Roxop Cleaners, and Rusty. Sam Coop would like to include different email messages to his recipients. Sam Coop can configure Templates. He defines template Test 001 for Fast Suppliers. He does not define any template for Roxop Cleaners. And, defines template Test for Rusty.

To implement this scenario, Sam must have at least one recipient defined in the DocuSign Recipients related list, must have at least one document attached in Notes & Attachments section, and must have configured an email template.

The following table displays the scenarios where the email templates can be configured.

ScenarioSend to Fast Suppliers / Unique Template Name definedSend to Roxop Cleaners / Unique Template Name definedSend to Rusty / Unique Template Name definedMessage in Custom LabelsEdited Message in Additional DetailsResult
Scenario 1Yes / NoNo / NoNo / NoYesYesThe document will be sent to Fast Suppliers. Though we have email subject text and email body text defined in the Custom Labels, the recipient will receive the message added in Additional Details. MessageinAdditional Details will override the message that is set using Custom Labels.
Scenario 2Yes / YesYes / NoNo / NoYesNoThe document will be first sent to Fast Suppliers. We have defined Email Subject and Email Body in Custom Labels. However, we have defined a Unique Template Name in DocuSign Recipient.FastSuppliers will receive the message defined in the template that is defined in the Unique Template Name. And, Roxop Cleaners will receive the message that has been defined as Email Subject and Email Body in the Custom Labels.
Scenario 3Yes / YesYes / NoNo / NoYesNoThe document will be first sent to Fast Suppliers. We have defined Email Subject and Email Body in Custom Labels. However, we have defined a Unique Template Name in DocuSign Recipient.FastSuppliers will receive the message defined in the template that is defined in the Unique Template Name. And, Roxop Cleaners will receive the message that has been edited in Additional Details.
Scenario 4Yes / YesYes / NoYes / YesYesYes (for Roxop Cleaners)The document will be first sent to Fast Suppliers. This recipient will receive the message that has been defined in the Template. Then, the document is sent to Roxop Cleaners. This recipient will receive the message that has been edited in the Additional Details section. And, finally, the document is sent to Rusty. This recipient will receive the message that has been defined in the template.

To determine email template unique name

  1. Go to Setup > Administer > Communication Templates > Email Templates and select the template for which you want to find the unique email template name.
  2. Copy the Template Unique Name and paste it in Template Unique Name. For more information on this step, refer to Adding Recipients.