Customised template by casetype?

[nickholden]

I'm sure I read somewhere that it was possible to implement custom templates specific to individual case types, in the same way that you can implement custom templates in relation to different subtypes of contact. But I now can't find any reference to it. Did I dream it? Or can someone provide the right directory structure for the templates to be implemented for only one specific case type?

Thanks

Nick

[Kurund Jalmi]

As far as I can remember, I don't think it is possible to have separate custom templates for each case types in CiviCase.

Kurund

[Erik Hommel]

You can however set custom groups for case types, are you refering to templates as the Smarty .tpl file? Or are you not a developer and hoping to add some data on a specific custom type?

[Hershel]

You could make one template and check in it for the case type and then use that to customize. You could even then include a unique template, arranged by case type. Then the "real" templates are unique files.

[nickholden]

Thanks, guys. Hershel's suggestion sounds interesting, and might be the solution.

Erik, yes, I'm talking about .tpl files, specifically the one at /CRM/Case/Audit/Report.tpl

We basically have one case type where the printed report needs to include references to family members, whereas for other case types it doesn't. It's more complex than that, because there's also some custom data to include, but you get the idea.

Hershel, if we followed your approach, would it imply having a custom /CRM/Case/Audit/ that was essentially nothing more than a switch statement with a series of includes for sub-templates? And can the sub-templates live in the same directory or do we need to put them somewhere lese?

[Erik Hommel]

Nick,
I'd recommend you store the custom templates in your own custom template folder, as you would the customized Audit/Report.tpl. And yes, it would simply be a switch to include a specific template for a case type (right Hershel?)

[Hershel]

Nick, yes and yes.

Erik, yes, right.

I'm just a yes-man I guess.

[nickholden]

Thanks, both! We will see what we can do.

[nickholden]

Thanks for your suggestions, we do now have custom audit reports being printed for two different case types. Easy when you know how...