As a general rule multiple use tokens are used for "long term loans," where an item is due using a loan period of days, while "short term loans with a loan period of hours do not.
The two types of multiple tokens are loans and feeCharges:
The category of loan template also determines what type of multiple tokens to use:
| Loan | |||
| Triggering event | Scheduled or Immediate | Process options | Multiple tokens to use |
| Check in | Immediate | N/A | {{#loans}}{{/loans}} |
| Check out | Immediate | N/A | {{#loans}}{{/loans}} |
| Item renewed | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Loan due date/time | Scheduled | Send overnight with multiple loans/items by patron. | {{#loans}}{{/loans}} |
| Send throughout the day without multiple loans/items. | No | ||
| Loan due date change | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Item recalled | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Item aged to lost | Scheduled | N/A | No |
| Request | |||
| Triggering event | Scheduled or Immediate | Additional process options | Multiple tokens to use |
| Awaiting pickup | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Page request | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Hold request | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Recall request | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Cancel request | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Hold shelf expiration | Scheduled | N/A | No |
| Request expiration | Scheduled | N/A | No |
| Automated fee/fine notices (sent to borrower) | |||
| Triggering event | Scheduled or Immediate | Additional process options | Multiple tokens to use |
| Overdue fine, returned | Scheduled | N/A | {{#feeCharges}}{{/lfeeCharges}} |
| Overdue fine, renewed | Scheduled | N/A | {{#feeCharges}}{{/lfeeCharges}} |
| Lost item fee(s), charged | Scheduled | Send overnight with multiple loans/items by patron. | {{#feeCharges}}{{/lfeeCharges}} |
| Send throughout the day without multiple loans/items. | No | ||
| Lost item returned - fee(s) adjusted | Scheduled | N/A | No |
| Manual fee/fine notices (sent to borrower) | |||
| Triggering event | Scheduled or Immediate | Additional process options | Multiple tokens to use |
| Manual fee/fine charge | Immediate | N/A | No |
| Manual fee/fine action | Immediate | N/A | No |
The use is to bracket the tokens and text intended to repeat as below:
|
Loans |
feeCharges |
 |
 |
Examples of a loan and charges template are below. Note the same template could be used for a short term loan by removing the multiple loan tokens:
