Preview the Message as a Group Member or Constituent

By default, you can only thumb through 200 group members when previewing the HTML or plain text version of an email. Likewise, you will only receive test emails for the first three members of a group. If you would like to see more (or fewer) group members in either instance, contact Blackbaud to change the following site options:

  • DYNAMIC_PREVIEW_GROUP_COUNT: (NUMERIC) Maximum group members to scroll through in dynamic content preview; Default value: 200

  • DYNAMIC_PREVIEW_MAX_SEND_COUNT: (NUMERIC) Maximum group members used when sending dynamic content test emails; Default value: 3

Preview the message

  1. Navigate to HTML Content or Plain Text Content in your message.

    1. Click Email > Email Campaigns.

    2. Click the Campaigns tab.

    3. In the Actions column for the appropriate campaign, click Manage.

    4. Click the Messages tab.

    5. In the Actions column of the appropriate message, click Edit

    6. In the left-hand navigation pane, click HTML Content or Plain Text Content.

  2. Click Preview below the editing window.

  3. Click Select a Constituent or Select a Group.

  1. Select a Group Type, then select a group and click Save.

    Note: Only one group may be used in preview.

  2. Click Previous Constituent and Next Constituent to move through the constituents in the group.

    Note: If you are using Multiple Locale support, you will see the message for each constituent according to the preferred locale for that constituent.

  3. Close the window when you are finished.

  1. Search for the constituent in Choose the Constituent.

  2. Select the constituent's record.

  3. Close the window when you are finished.