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title: Add customized variables in a document template
description: Customize variables at a record producer level, and call out those variables in the HTML document template that you are configuring.
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# Add customized variables in a document template

Customize variables at a record producer level, and call out those variables in the HTML document template that you are configuring.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_doc.admin

## Procedure

1.  Open a record producer and fill in the required fields.

    Add the variables that you want to use in the **Variables** list.

2.  Open an HTML document template that has the same table selected as the record producer.

    Call out the customized variables in the HTML template body by typing in the variable in this format, for example, $ \{variables.start\_date\).

    **Note:** start\_date refers to the exact **Name** of the variable in the **Variables** list in the record producer.