This topic covers how administrators can limit the ability to reject matters, limit the ability to re-open closed cases and rejected matters, and customize the process for re-opening closed cases.

Three permissions affect re-opening and rejecting. User roles are granted these permissions by default, except for the Pro Bono Restricted Access system role.

 

Newer installations of LegalServer will already have a dynamic re-open process and form, which can be edited using the standard tools in Admin / Processes, Forms, and Profiles. 

Older installations of LegalServer may still be using the built-in re-open process and form. This section covers creating a dynamic process and form.

Administrators often want to customize the re-open form to provide instructions on whether cases should be re-opened and to have the ability to change the default for the date opened so that it defaults to the current date opened instead of today's date.

There are 3 steps to providing a customized form:

 

Administrators can create a dynamic auxiliary form in Admin / Processes, Forms, and Profiles. The only required element for the form is the "Re-open Case" block. However a typical form will have:

The optional Restrict Case Re-Open block has one configuration option, Earliest Closing Date. If a case has a date closed earlier than the configured date, it cannot be re-opened.

The Re-open Case block has a configuration option called "Default Date Opened to Today", which is checked by default. If the Date Opened displayed on the form should instead remain at the current date opened, uncheck this option. Administrators can also modify the email that users can choose to send when a case is re-opened.

The dynamic auxiliary process will display the link on cases. A typical process will be set as follows:

After the process is created, administrators may want to edit the process and change the default permissions. As with other processes, each user role can be given or denied access to the link.

The re-open case link will appear via the legacy "Closing Options" Side/Action element. If the main profile is not using that element, the new re-open process will need to be added to another element, typically a "Custom Link Box".

To override the static, built-in re-open process and use the new dynamic process, go to Admin / Process Settings. One of the settings is "Re-open Process". Select the new dynamic process from the list, then click Continue to save the new setting.

Administrators may notice that the "Re-Open Prescreen" and "Re-Open Intake" links on matters rejected at those stages will point to the new dynamic process. However, the system will automatically override the dynamic process and re-open those matters to the correct disposition, whether prescreen or incomplete intake.

As noted above, there is a permission called "Reject Closed Cases" that allows administrators to grant or deny users the ability to see the Data Error sidebar element on closed cases. Administrators can also prevent all users from rejecting open or closed cases by removing the Data Error sidebar element completely, if it is enabled. On the Admin / Processes, Forms, and Profiles page, edit the Main Profile and disable the "Side: Data Error" element in the Side/Action Elements section.