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The reference screen is a split screen view of two documents side-by-side that helps the user identify entities in one document and retrieve relevant information about that entity in a second (reference) document. For example, if a document is tagged with multiple entities one of which is “Scrum“, the reference screen can display a relevant guideline, in this case a Scrum guideline, that helps the user to quickly look up and understand the principle of Scrum.

Example

The following is an example configuration for reference screens:

Code Block
languagejson
{
    "ref_types": [
        {
            "icon": "lightbulb",
            "ref_type": "reference2",
            "subtypes": [
                {
                    "query": "scrum",
                    "ref_type": "reference2.mentions",
                    "title": "Mentions"
                },
                {
                    "query": "scrum",
                    "ref_type": "reference2.mentions2",
                    "title": "More mentions"
                }
            ],
            "title": "Reference Documents"
        },
        {
            "available": "true",
            "icon": "translate",
            "query": "scrum guide czech",
            "ref_item_title": "\n{% if \"original\" in ref_item.keywords.translation %}\n Original in {{ lang.get_name(ref_item.language) }}\n {% else %}\n Translated from {{ lang.get_name(item.language) }} to {{ lang.get_name(ref_item.language) }}\n {% endif %}\n",
            "ref_type": "translation",
            "title": "Translation"
        }
    ]
}

The reference screen is accessed when clicking on the icon on a card that was defined in the reference configuration.

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Example of reference screen detail view:

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Configuration

The reference screen is configured in the Project Configuration under the SETTINGS tab:

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The topic.references configuration takes a JSON dictionary as input (see example).

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Key

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Type

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Description

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Reference Types

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ref_types

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Required

array

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Array containing all individually defined ref_type objects.

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Reference Type Object

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ref_type

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Required

string

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Unique reference type name used internally

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icon

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Required

string

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Material icon name used in Search results page and alongside the title above reference item

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title

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Required

string

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Title to be displayed above reference item and as alt-text to icon in Search page

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ref_item_title

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string

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Only used if present and no subtypes are specified. Reference item specific (overrides title) to be displayed above reference item. Interpreted as Jinja2 template.
See: Accessible variables and functions.

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query

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string

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Required if no subtypes are specified. Squirro search query used to return reference items for particular item. Interpreted as Jinja2 template.
See: Accessible variables and functions.

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available

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string

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Optional dynamic field value based on item. Interpreted as Jinja2 template.
Value interpretation:

  • true - reference item are accessible and Icon on search page is active

  • false - reference item are not present and Icon on search page is disabled

  • null or other value - unknown state, Icon stays active on search page - same as if available field was not specified.

Accessible variables and functions: item.created_at, item.external_id, item.id, item.keywords, item.language, item.link, item.title

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Reference Subtypes

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subtypes

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array

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List of reference subtypes if any.

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Reference Subtype Object

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ref_type

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Required

string

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Unique reference type name used internally

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title

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Required

string

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Title to be displayed above reference item and as alt-text to icon in Search page

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ref_item_title

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string

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Reference item specific (overrides title) to be displayed above reference item. Interpreted as Jinja2 template.

See: Accessible variables and functions.

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query

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Required

string

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Squirro search query used to return reference items for particular item. Required if no subtypes are specified. Interpreted as Jinja2 template.

See: Accessible variables and functions.

Accessible variables and functions

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item - the currently viewed item

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ref_item - the referenced item

fields available in item and ref_item:

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item.created_at

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item.external_id

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item.id

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item.keywords

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item.language

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item.link

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item.title

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This page can now be found at Reference Screen on the Squirro Docs site.