Related Case Reasons Code Fields
Related Case Reasons codes indicate the reason a case is related to the current case, such as an appeal or merger of cases. The following fields are displayed when configuring these codes.
 
System-Wide Code and Description Fields
Field Name Field Description
Show this code for Location Select this check box to enable the code for the selected location.
Use for API only Select this check box to indicate that the code is only for use with an application program interface (API).
Code The code word you previously entered is displayed here, but you can enter a different code if needed. If you enter a code word that has already been assigned to another code, a warning message is displayed, as codes must be unique.
Code words can contain numbers and uppercase or lowercase letters. You can also include periods, dashes, underscores, and parentheses. The word ALL cannot be included in the code word, regardless of case.
Description Type a description for the code.
Mappings (ALT+M) This option is not available for all codes. If mapping is available for the code, click this link to map codes in Odyssey to state-specific codes.
System-Wide Effective Information Fields
Field Name Field Description
Effective Date If the code is not available until a specific date, enter the date that the code becomes available.
Obsolete Date If the code becomes obsolete (meaning it is no longer used) or will become obsolete at some point in the future, enter an obsolete date.
The code is considered to be inactive when it reaches the obsolete date and remains obsolete until the date is removed or changed to a future date. When a code is made obsolete, it is no longer accessible to the users and cannot be selected.
System-Wide Related Case Reasons Behavior
Field Name Field Description
Supervision Non-Criminal Case and Case Manager Case Relation Select this check box to relate Case Manager cases to Supervision cases with a case type having a base type of either Drug Court Non-Criminal or Juvenile Drug Court Non-Criminal. The following data from the Case Manager case will display on the Supervision drug court non-criminal case, including hearing data and financial data.
Default Related Cases on the Copy Case Entities page Select this option to automatically select all cases related to the case with the specified related case reason on the Related Target Cases field on the Copy Case Entities page.
Sentence across multiple related cases for the same party Select this check box to apply sentencing across multiple related cases.
Allow Consolidation Select this check box to allow cases with this related case reason code to be consolidated to another case.
Case Manager Case Relation Select this check box to relate a Case Manager case to an Attorney Manager case.
Location Related Case Reason Behavior
Field Name Field Description
Prompt user to schedule hearings on related cases Select this check box to allow a user with the “Add Related Cases to Sessions and Override Session Configuration” right to add the same hearing to cases related with this related case reason code.