Overview
If you wish to hide/show sections of your document based on certain conditions then you can surround that text with conditional merge fields (IF, ELSEIF, ELSE)
Syntax
In order to create a conditional statement in your document template you will need to create a merge field using the following format:
[[*IF {FirstName|pt=Client|rn=*} == "James" *]] Hello Jim [[*ENDIF*]] |
NOTE: The * denotes that we're doing something special while the IF starts the conditional statement |
[[*IF
The standard merge fields from your merge field list should be included in braces (otherwise known as "curly brackets")
{FirstName|pt=Client|rn=*}
Any static values should be included in quotes and there should be an operator in front of that static value
="Steve"]]
The text that you wish to display should follow the conditional start field
Hello Steve
Finally, you will need to include a conditional field stop
[[*ENDIF*]]
You can add any number of ELSEIF options for additional conditions and ELSE section as a catch-all if all prior IF/ELSEIF conditional are false
Note: An IF statement can not be nested within another IF statement. |
Example
The Client's Nickname is: [[*IF {FirstName|pt=Client} == "James" *]] Jim [[*ELSEIF {FirstName|pt=Client} == "Robert" *]] Bob [[*ELSE*]] [[FirstName|pt=Client]] [[*ENDIF*]] |
Be careful of Microsoft Word quotes. “James” will not work but "James" will work. (note the subtle difference in the quote characters) |
Boolean Data Types
If your custom data field is a boolean (checkbox) then test against the values "true" and "false".
Example:
[[*IF {is_approved} == "true" *]]Yes[[*ELSE*]]No[[*ENDIF*]] |
Conditions Dependent on Record Number
NOTE: You are able to add a conditional field inside a repeating block of text. For more information on repeating blocks of text, see Repeating Blocks of Text. |
If you have a repeating block and wish to display certain text based on the record number being generated, this can also be done with conditional merge fields.
Say I was already displaying the Full Name of all the Clients entered into my matter with the following Repeat Block:
[[*REPEAT|source=action_participant.Client|tablerow|*]] [[FullName|pt=Client|rn=*]] [[*REPEAT|END*]] |
So that it generated the following result:
Sam Jones
Danielle Smith
Christine Yang
with Sam, Danielle and Christine being my Clients in the matter.
Now say I wanted the text 'BETWEEN' to appear before the first Client's name, and the text 'AND' to appear before every other client's name, so that it generated in my table as:
BETWEEN Sam Jones
AND Danielle Smith
AND Christine Yang
To produce this I could enter a conditional merge field into my repeat block depending on the record number being generated. The code I would add would be:
[[*IF {FullName|pt=Client|rn=*} == {FullName|pt=Client|rn= 1 } *]] BETWEEN [[*ELSE*]] AND [[*ENDIF*]] |
So my full merge field including the repeat block would be:
[[*REPEAT|source=action_participant.Client|tablerow|*]][[*IF {FullName|pt=Client|rn=*} == {FullName|pt=Client|rn= 1 } *]] BETWEEN [[*ELSE*]] AND [[*ENDIF*]] [[FullName|pt=Client|rn=*]] [[*REPEAT|END*]] |
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