[Evergreen-general] One more receipt template question w/ a scoop of gratitude

[Terran McCanna]

Thanks, Garry, that's much cleaner!

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On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 1:55 PM Garry Collum via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Ternary operators do work in print templates, so if the variables are
> available in the template, you could do something like this.
>
> {staff.pref_family_name ? staff.pref_family_name : staff.family_name}
>
>
> This will print staff.family_name if staff.pref_family_name is not
> available.
>
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> evergreen-general-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org> on behalf of Terran
> McCanna via Evergreen-general <evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2022 1:21 PM
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> *Cc:* Terran McCanna <tmccanna at georgialibraries.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Evergreen-general] One more receipt template question w/
> a scoop of gratitude
>
> You could try using staff.pref_first_given_name and staff.pref_family_name
> but I haven't actually tested to confirm they are available to a receipt.
> If they aren't, then it would require a bit of development to flesh out
> that data.
>
> If they ARE available, you could do IF conditions as such:
>
> [image: image.png]
> (pasting screenshot since I suspect code snippets won't display in an
> email properly)
>
> I can't remember off the top of my head if you can use ternary operators
> in print templates, but that would be more concise.
>
>
> Terran McCanna, PINES Program Manager
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> On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 10:32 AM Frasur, Ruth via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I come to you again asking for your knowledge.  Thank you to everyone who
> provided code snippets and links to code snippets for adding “You saved…”
> information to receipt templates.  Another request has come through that is
> a little more complex.  An EI member library is asking about any way to
> conditionally include, in a receipt template, a preferred staff (user) name
> if it exists in lieu of the “proper” staff name.
>
>
>
> Ruth Frasur (she/they)
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