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If you choose to customise the text on any of the update prompts, you can use variables to include important information such as deferrals remaining, configured grace periods etc as part of your custom message.

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Use the below reference guide when configuring custom update prompt messages.

Variable Name Description
Example Text Displays text in bold
\n\n Adds a line break
updateButton Displays the update button label
deferButton Displays the Defer button label
deferCount Displays the number of remaining deferrals the user is allowed
updateCount Displays the number of pending App updates
appName When only one App has a pending update, this variable displays the name of the App which has the pending update
appList Displays a comma separated list of Apps when more than one App has a pending update
gracePeriod Displays the configured grace period.
Note: There is no requirement to specify minutes/hours after the variable - this is already included as part of the variable

Example custom message:

**Important!** The following apps need to quit to install updates:\\n\\n**appList**\\n\\nPlease save your work and click **updateButton**\\n\\nAlternatively, click **deferButton** to defer the update until later\\n\\nYou have deferCount remaining deferrals

Whilst using the horizontal list prompt type, the above custom text would present the following prompt to the user:

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