Field References How to put references to data in fields of other entries.

• Introduction
• Placeholder Syntax
• Example

  Introduction

KeePass can insert data stored in different entries into fields of an entry. This means that multiple entries can share a common field (user name, password, ...), and by changing the actual data entry, all other entries will also use the new value.

  Placeholder Syntax

The placeholder syntax for field references is the following:

{REF:<WantedField>@<SearchIn>:<Text>}

The WantedField and SearchIn parts need to be replaced by 1-letter codes identifying the field:

The Text part is the search string, i.e. this text must occur in the specified field of an entry to match.

If multiple entries match the specified search criterion, the first entry will be used. To avoid ambiguity, entries can be identified by their UUIDs, which are unique. Example: {REF:P@I:46C9B1FFBD4ABC4BBB260C6190BAD20C} would insert the password of the entry having 46C9B1FFBD4ABC4BBB260C6190BAD20C as UUID.

  Example

Let's assume you have two entries: one with title "Mozilla Website" and one with "Mozilla Forums", and want to insert the user name of the website account into the URL of the forums entry. Within the forum entry's URL, you could reference the user name like this:
http://fictitious-forum.mozilla.org/?user={REF:U@T:Mozilla Website}