CB Auto Actions: email field substitutions

In my reg form I have a single select drop down cb_salutation with values and translated lables. Calling [cb_salutation] in the email gives me the value instead of the expected translated label. How do I get the label?

[FIELD_NAME] is always raw stored value. Recommend reading the substitution tutorial below (highly recommend also bookmarking it).

www.joomlapolis.com/documentation/279-community-builder/tutorials/18353-using-substitutions-throughout-cb

If you want translations, HTML, etc.. for a field to process you need to use the below.

[cb:userfield field="FIELD_NAME" /]

That does not solve my problem. As I wrote I need the label of the selected option.

[cb:userfield field="FIELD_NAME" /] gives you the label of the selected option. It outputs the processed value of the field.

In my case it returns an empty string.

[cb_salutation] on the other hand returns the value from the db. The labels are translated. How do I debug that?

If it returns an empty string then the field isn't accessible. [cb:userfield field="FIELD_NAME" /] outputs exactly as it would on your profile. If the field isn't accessible to the user or isn't set to display on profile it won't display anything.

[cb_salutation] on the other hand returns the value from the db. The labels are translated. How do I debug that?

There is nothing to debug. As I've explained above and in our substitution tutorial [FIELD_NAME] is always raw output. That substitution is working exactly as it should.