New field: {Matter. InventorFirstNames}
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I'd like to request a new field in Appcoll, that returns a comma separated list of inventor first names.
Currently, the way we have to do it is like this:
Step 1 - template definition:
Hello {Matter.Inventor1.First}, {Matter.Inventor2.First}, {Matter.Inventor3.First}, {Matter.Inventor4.First}, {Matter.Inventor5.First},Step 2 - form generation based on template (assume this matter has 3 inventors)
Hello John, Tim, Mike, , ,Step 3 - manual editing
Hello John, Tim, and Mike,
[["and" inserted and extra commas removed]]My proposal would eliminate step 3.
Proposed step 1 - template definition:
Hello {Matter.InventorFirstNames},Proposed Step 2 - form generation based on template:
Hello John, Tim, and Mike,
[["and" inserted and extra fields removed by AppColl backend logic]]A similar proposal is possible for other lists of variable length, such as inventor full names and email addresses. This would eliminate a lot of manual editing on our end and further reduce likelihood of errors.
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@MarkW5689 IMO this solution has the same problem, which is the need for manual changes to what should be a pretty simple and easy field to be provided to us. For email addresses, your solution works great and I appreciate the info.
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One thing you can do (that we do) is this:
Hi {Matter.Inventor1.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor2.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor3.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor4.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor5.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor6.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor7.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor8.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor9.First}{+044+032Matter.Inventor10.First}:
That way you don't get the empty commas.
We do this for email addresses:
{Matter.Inventor1.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor2.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor3.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor4.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor5.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor6.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor7.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor8.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor9.Email}{+059+032Matter.Inventor10.Email} -
@SadiqA2304 I agree! There's plenty of manual editing in templates that I would really like to see improved! More functions in templates would be a big deal for us!
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Hi Sadiq. Thank you for your suggestion. We have added this as a formal request with engineering for implementation. We do not have an ETA yet. However, we will let you once completed.