VTL Token | Malfunctioning?

Question

Hi all,I open this thread to report a malfunction (or so it seems), of a velocity token.Before I explain the malfunction though, it is necessary to put the problem in context.
 
Due to the integration with CRM (D365), I have a token that is written via API.Within this token are multiple links.
All the links have this composition: (www.[...]_Registration.html).
 
I would like to parameterize these links with the GUID of each user's Company.
 
However, obviously, it is not possible to have "nested tokens," so to act on a link that comes from CRM and is already contained in tokens, another way is needed.
 
So we thought of writing a VLC Token that, thanks to the "Program Member Data," does a replace of all the final parts of the links, like this:

## GET EVENT DATA FROM MEMBER FIELD
#set($event_invitation_token = "" )
#if($member.eventInvitationToken && !$member.eventInvitationToken.isEmpty())
#set( $event_invitation_token = ${member.eventInvitationToken})
#end
#set($event_invitation_token_edited = $event_invitation_token.replace("Registration.html","Registration.html?aid=${lead.accountid_account}"))
$event_invitation_token_edited
 
This is the VLC token in its entirety.
The action involved is given by "replace."
 
So. what happens?
Hapens that the operation of the token is random, and different for each user.
In fact, it seems that the vlc token cannot act on the entire contents of the original token, but processes about half of it--a little more, a little less.
What do you think could be the causes?
 
Base Token (see the 4 block with button)

VLC Token for user A (just 2 block "processed" by the token):

VLC Token for user B:

As you can see, 2 blocks processed, started to process the 3rd one, than stopped. 
 
Really curious to read something!
Thank you to anyone who wants to take a few minutes to try to understand the problem!

SaurabhGoyal_GN · Accepted Answer

@jolivieri-2 -

This field "Event Invitation Field" must be of string type and I am sure any field of string type will not be able to store this much of characters as your code have.

I tried to do the same thing in my demo account and code got truncated. This is why you are not able to see all 4 block in the rendering.

I would like to suggest a possible solution. Could we consider adding the following section to the source code(wherever required) in the CRM: "?aid=${lead.accountid_account}". This should ensure that when the token is passed to Marketo, it will function correctly.

Thanks!

SanfordWhiteman · Answer

First, a little housekeeping:the abbreviation for Velocity is “VTL” (Velocity Template Language), not “VLC”please use the Syntax Highlighter (Insert/Edit Code Sample on the toolbar) when inserting code so it’s readable (I edited your post this time) Next, let’s make sure we’re using the right terms. When you say: Due to the integration with CRM (D365), I have a token that is written via API.Within this token are multiple links.(1) Do you actually mean you have a Program Member Custom Field? That’s not the same as a token. A token ({{lead.token}}, {{company.token}}, {{member.token}}) can be used to output a field. But the field is not a token. The only tokens that can be written directly via API are {{my.tokens}}. (2) What do you mean by “within this [field or token] are multiple links”? What are the multiple links? Please give complete examples. Finally, how are you deploying the Velocity {{my.token}} within the email HTML? Again with a complete example. It’s very, very unlikely that your VTL is randomly truncating anything. But there’s not enough information yet to give a recommendation.

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