How-to

Global values

Store values you reuse across emails and automations, such as a webinar date, a booking link or an offer deadline, and use them as {{global.key}}, in conditions and in dates.

Updated Oct 9, 2026

A global value is one value for the whole workspace, such as the date of the next webinar, a booking link, an offer URL, a deadline or a sales rep’s name. Define it once and use it everywhere as {{global.<key>}}: change it in one place and every email sent from then on uses the new value, as does every run that reaches a Wait until step afterwards. Runs already waiting keep the date they read.

Create a global value

Open Global values. Go to WorkspaceSettingsGlobal values and select New global value.
Name it. Enter a Name, for example Webinar date. The Key fills in from the name, for example webinar_date. Keys start with a lowercase letter and use lowercase letters, digits and _, up to 64 characters.

Pick the type and enter the value.

Type	Value	Example
Text	Any text	`Automations masterclass`
Number	A number	`120`
Boolean	True or false	`true`
Date	A calendar date	`2026-11-05`
Date and time	A date and time, stored in UTC	`2026-11-05T17:00:00Z`
URL	An `http` or `https` URL	`https://cal.example.com/demo`

Save. Copy {{global.webinar_date}} from the list to use it.

A workspace can have up to 500 global values. Deleting one makes {{global.<key>}} render empty.

Use global values

Where	How
Templates, campaigns and automation emails	`{{global.webinar_link}}` anywhere in the subject or content. In Temple, `{{#if global.offer_url}}…{{/if}}` works too.
Emails sent with the API	`{{global.<key>}}` in the template or inline content is filled in, unless your `variables` contain a `global` object of their own.
Automation step settings	Placeholders such as a Webhook body or a Reply to: `{{global.sales_rep_email}}`.
Wait until a date	Date → A global value, for example “1 day before `webinar_date` at 09:00”. See Wait until.
Conditions	Check → Global value, for example “Offer deadline has passed” to send late registrants a different email.

Dates and times render as stored, for example 2026-11-05T17:00:00.000Z. To show a friendlier date, add a Text value next to it, such as webinar_date_label = Thursday, November 5 at 6 PM CET.

Use the API

The Global values API manages them with an API key with Full Access. {id} is the gv_ ID or the key:

Terminal

curl https://api.emailit.com/v2/global-values \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EMAILIT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "key": "webinar_date", "name": "Webinar date", "type": "datetime", "value": "2026-11-05T17:00:00Z" }'

Terminal

curl https://api.emailit.com/v2/global-values/webinar_date \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EMAILIT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "value": "2026-12-03T17:00:00Z" }'

The MCP server has the same operations in the global_values toolset.

Temple

Variables, defaults and conditionals in templates.

Automation steps

Wait until a global date.

Create a global value

Use global values

Use the API

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