# How to create an SMS Template.

> Learn how to create an SMS Template in ServiceM8.

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In this lesson you will learn how to add your own custom SMS template.

## Click Settings from the Dashboard

![Click Settings from the Dashboard](/images/006-810-776-c8fc2403-bbc8-4592-a50a-2087c2b0aeea.png)

## Click SMS Templates

![Click SMS Templates](/images/006-810-778-7a17b3ae-a8d5-4758-8c6e-163d9f8d9ad3.png)

## Click Add SMS Template

[![Click Add SMS Template](/images/006-810-780-medium-9a72e11f-86cf-478e-9158-45a769414991.png)](/images/006-810-780-9a72e11f-86cf-478e-9158-45a769414991.png)

Note: You can click **Edit** button if you wish to modify an existing template.

## Create a new SMS Template

[![Create a new SMS Template](/images/006-810-782-medium-2a144507-80da-4522-8900-017cc5977534.png)](/images/006-810-782-2a144507-80da-4522-8900-017cc5977534.png)

1.  In the **Template Name** box, enter the name of the new template.
2.  Type your message you want in the **Message** box.

## Use the SMS Template Fields

![Use the SMS Template Fields](/images/006-810-784-88050475-b467-4e14-8031-a338e9c28dd6.png)

You can use the **SMS Template Fields** to automatically fill in the information to your message.

Example: Select Customer's Job Contact First Name to show its field name

1.  Click the field that you want to use in the **SMS Template Fields** list box.
2.  Type the brackets and field name to insert the field in the **Message** box or simply copy and paste them.

### Message box

![Message box](/images/006-810-786-443afbc6-6871-415d-b50d-bf5ff6a4b3d5.png)

## Click Save Changes

![Click Save Changes](/images/006-810-788-4d770aef-e936-4cd9-aba5-2655fdb9fc52.png)

Once you are finished, return to the job dispatch board to test your new SMS template.

[Learn more about the kind of SMS you can send through ServiceM8.](/help-center/tips-trick-more/more/what-kind-of-email-sms-can-i-send-through-servicem8)