reading forms from other branches

nipper

OK, I have a project with a Corp branch and 5 business unit branches. Each BU branch has a (different) site. All deploy to the same location.

What I want to do is have a component read a DCR (either a common DCR or a site specific DCR based on the component). The common DCR would live on the Corp branch.

My question is how can I get TS/SP to read the common branch ? LS will work fine because they will be pushed to the same location.

In a TPL I would test to see if a field was set and load the second DCR if it is not. I *may* be able to do that in XSL, but I think it may be a pain. Easier options ?

interDev

OK, I have a project with a Corp branch and 5 business unit branches. Each BU branch has a (different) site. All deploy to the same location. What I want to do is have a component read a DCR (either a common DCR or a site specific DCR based on the component). The common DCR would live on the Corp branch. My question is how can I get TS/SP to read the common branch ? LS will work fine because they will be pushed to the same location. In a TPL I would test to see if a field was set and load the second DCR if it is not. I *may* be able to do that in XSL, but I think it may be a pain. Easier options ?

You can published Common branch DCR to all BU branches whenever any content change happens in that DCR. Setup the permissions in such a way that nobody can change the content of that DCR in BU branch. That ways the content will be consist in all the branches.

If it would have been purely Templating based solution, there were many alternatives but i dont think you will have many options by using SP and components. For components, DCR will have to be read from the same branch.