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--- how_to:understanding_data_references [2018/07/05 12:04]
tatewise [Introduction]
+++ how_to:understanding_data_references [2019/10/10 11:43]
tatewise [Sentence Template Data References]
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 ^ %CUR_FILE_OWNER%    | File Owner nearly everywhere   |
 ^ %CUR_FILE_HEADER%   | File Header nearly everywhere  |
+Narrative Sentence Templates:\\
+^ %CUR_PRIN%                 | First or current principal for the fact  |
+^ %CUR_PRIN2%                | Second or other principal for the Family fact  |
+^ %CUR~WITN% and %CUR~WITN>% | Current witness  |
 Contextual data references behave like ordinary data references, in that you can expand them to refer to any detail of the record in question. For example, **%CUR_SPOU>SEX%** refers to the sex of the Individual's current spouse, and **%CUR_FILE_ROOT.SEX%** refers to the sex of the current file root.
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 Typically the data reference is enclosed in curly brackets and its context is the current fact, e.g. **{%FACT.PHON%}** refers to the fact phone number.
-To refer to witness details from a witness sentence template requires the use of the **=GetContextItem()** function, and its context codes:
+To refer to witness details from a witness sentence template requires the use of the **%CUR~WITN%** contextual data reference shown above.\\
-^ WITNESS       | Refers to the Witness Individual record    |
+^ {%CUR~WITN>NAME:GIVEN%}  | Returns the Witness record forename  |
-^ WITNESS_LINK  | Refers to the link to the current Witness  |
+^ {%CUR~WITN.NOTE2%}       | Returns the Witness role local Note  |
-e.g.
-^ {=GetFieldText(GetContextItem(WITNESS),"%~.NAME:GIVEN%")}  | Returns the Witness record forename  |
-^ {=GetFieldText(GetContextItem(WITNESS_LINK),"%~.NOTE2%")}  | Returns the Witness link role Note   |
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