# Ability to use {{$lastmonth}} variable on email body and subject

**URL:** <https://community.holistics.io/t/ability-to-use-lastmonth-variable-on-email-body-and-subject/94>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://community.holistics.io/t/ability-to-use-lastmonth-variable-on-email-body-and-subject/94 "2019-02-20T06:23:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![harris](https://community.holistics.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@harris](https://community.holistics.io/u/harris)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://community.holistics.io/t/ability-to-use-lastmonth-variable-on-email-body-and-subject/94/1 "2019-02-20T06:23:14Z")

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For monthly scheduled email reports, this would make the reports easily sorted in our email client, as the month is mentioned in the subject.

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**Author:** ![huy](https://community.holistics.io/user_avatar/community.holistics.io/huy/32/390_2.png) [@huy](https://community.holistics.io/u/huy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.holistics.io/t/ability-to-use-lastmonth-variable-on-email-body-and-subject/94/2 "2019-02-25T14:15:08Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion Harris, let us discuss internally and see what we can do!

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**Author:** ![fezriva](https://community.holistics.io/user_avatar/community.holistics.io/fezriva/32/576_2.png) [@fezriva](https://community.holistics.io/u/fezriva)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://community.holistics.io/t/ability-to-use-lastmonth-variable-on-email-body-and-subject/94/3 "2022-04-06T08:37:30Z")

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Any updates on this topic? It would be really useful for us and our users.

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**Author:** ![tamphan](https://community.holistics.io/user_avatar/community.holistics.io/tamphan/32/583_2.png) [@tamphan](https://community.holistics.io/u/tamphan)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.holistics.io/t/ability-to-use-lastmonth-variable-on-email-body-and-subject/94/4 "2022-04-07T14:51:18Z")

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Agree. Add {{$sent\_date}} or {{$sent\_month}} in the subject for easier filter when look back

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**Author:** ![di.hoang](https://community.holistics.io/user_avatar/community.holistics.io/di.hoang/32/421_2.png) [@di.hoang](https://community.holistics.io/u/di.hoang)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.holistics.io/t/ability-to-use-lastmonth-variable-on-email-body-and-subject/94/5 "2025-02-18T16:21:18Z")

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Hi @harris, @fezriva, and @tamphan,

Good news!  
From now on, you can fully control your Schedule/Alert message, and can customize it with our system variables!  
Please check our community post for details: [Launched: Customizable messages in Data Schedule & Alert 📢](https://community2.holistics.io/t/launched-customizable-messages-in-data-schedule-alert/2390)

Feel free to let us know if you have any questions or feedback. 😊