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Question about CiviCase types
October 02, 2014, 08:52:29 pm
I updated from version version 4.4.6 to 4.5.0. My environment has a number of case types  defined using the older file system XML files approach.  I am now reviewing the case type definitions post upgrade.

Question: Is it allowable to have spaces in the "name" for a case type? The current machine names for one of my pre-existing file system based cases is "Prospective Member Process"     If spaces are not okay, what is the recommended processes for cleaning this up? (I have a number of cases already associated with this case type)
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Re: Question about CiviCase types
October 03, 2014, 02:37:51 am
In the absense of a definitive reply, the best thing to do would be to try this on the demo site. If it works, then you should be OK adding spaces.

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Re: Question about CiviCase types
October 03, 2014, 07:07:53 am
On the public demo for 4.5, if I click the unlock icon on the new case name then try to use a space in the machine name, I get the message "WARNING: The case type name includes deprecated characters."

My plan is to clean up my case type names to get rid of spaces, etc before I do the upgrade to 4.5
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Re: Question about CiviCase types
October 04, 2014, 04:34:42 pm
 Have you read https://civicrm.org/blogs/dave-greenberg/civicase-users-alert-please-wait-451-upgrading . This is not directly related to your issue, but I wanted to make sure you were aware of it.
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