Body: <p>I want to set up a simple scheduled reminder that fires an email to an administrator (only - not to the expiring member as well) to alert them to the fact that a membership has just expired.</p>
  
  <p>I'm assuming that if I limit the recipients to the named administrator then email will go only to that person and not to the expired member as well. Is that a correct reading of this functionality?</p>
  
  <p>I also want to include in the email the name of the expiring member, so using a token, such as {contact.display_name} seems to make logical sense. However, will the token be replaced by the name of the expiring member, or by the name of the administrator? </p>
  
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Comments.Text: have you considered CiviRules?
Comments.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
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Comments.Text: For the moment I've set up a report that gets emailed to the administrator. Better in some respects, but worse in others - for example the report will get emailed regardless of whether there are any expired members in the target time frame or not. CiviRules may well be more flexible.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Graham
Tags: <tokens><scheduled-reminders>
Title: How to use a scheduled reminder to alert an administrator when a membership expires?
ThreadText: # How to use a scheduled reminder to alert an administrator when a membership expires?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-18)
  
  I want to set up a simple scheduled reminder that fires an email to an administrator (only - not to the expiring member as well) to alert them to the fact that a membership has just expired.
  
  I'm assuming that if I limit the recipients to the named administrator then email will go only to that person and not to the expired member as well. Is that a correct reading of this functionality?
  
  I also want to include in the email the name of the expiring member, so using a token, such as {contact.display\_name} seems to make logical sense. However, will the token be replaced by the name of the expiring member, or by the name of the administrator?
  
  **Tags:** tokens, scheduled-reminders
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: have you considered CiviRules?  
  > **username_0**: For the moment I've set up a report that gets emailed to the administrator. Better in some respects, but worse in others - for example the report will get emailed regardless of whether there are any expired members in the target time frame or not. CiviRules may well be more flexible.  
  
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