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| 20 Min | The pros and cons of logic branching and advanced conditioning in notice and slip tempates | julie.bickle |  UICIRC-462 - Add the preferred name token to the list of patron notice tokens Draft  UXPROD-2435 - Anonymous request identifier for staff slips and notices Draft - UXPROD-3224 - Add token "Today's date" to staff slips + formating options Draft
I want to present a fews options with their pros and cons:
These requests are essentially logic branching.
/+/ Customers get more control on what they can add to the template.
/+/ "Only" one big development cycle.
/-/ This is similar to writing code: the template editor will become much more complex. Are you ready for that?
https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/builtin-helpers.html#if
https://docs.celigo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045564992-Handlebar-expressions-for-date-and-time-format-codes
/-/ Is there a solution that can cover all our use cases? à Are there more cases of “computation” needed?
Work around = For every case, created a new token, e.g. "either FirstName or PreferredName", where the branching is hard-coded.
/+/ Writing templates doesn't get more complicated.
/-/ Each token needs to go through the whole development cycle.
/-/ The list of tokens could get very long... and the documentation must be meticulously maintained. à Would it really get that long?
One important question = how long does it take to develop? Could e.g. "Prefered name" be made available sooner, but still have the new template engine later? → Yes! If we can agree on the hard-code, developing a single token sooner would be faster. These are not either/or options.
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Holly gave an explanation on how refunding of fees/fines currently works. See slideshow (note old specification included starting at slide 16). SIG members found the current system under-developed and potentially confusing, especially to student workers staffing the circulation desk. IIssues with the current system include: credit amount not showing as negative amount;