Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › Why Account Field is not populated in Email Template ? Tagged: Account Field, Accounts in Salesforce, Email Template, Email Template in Salesforce, Populating Fields, Salesforce Accounts Salesforce® Discussions Why Account Field is not populated in Email Template ? Posted by Parv Shekhar Singh on May 31, 2018 at 8:03 AM Why Account Field is not populated in Email Template ? shariq replied 7 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies Account FieldAccounts in SalesforceEmail TemplateEmail Template in SalesforcePopulating FieldsSalesforce Accounts 3 Replies Aman Member May 31, 2018 at 8:06 AM Hi Parv, To populate the Account Field in email template ,Please Make VisualForce Template. Thanks [adinserter block='9'] Parul Member September 17, 2018 at 11:06 AM Hello Parv, When using merge fields for email templates the email is restricted to the object it is being sent from. You cannot reference a parent objects fields. So, you need to create a visualforce template instead of standard template. Hope this helps. Thanks. shariq Member September 18, 2018 at 1:55 AM Hi, Please make sure you are using merge field only to that object(Account). Hope it helps. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me