# \`accept\_case\_reports\` form entry dependency on a corresponding entry in \`registrations\`? **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Support\ **Created:** [May 20, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/accept-case-reports-form-entry-dependency-on-a-corresponding-entry-in-registrations/2759 "2023-05-20T11:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bernard](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/bernard/32/88_2.png) [@bernard](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/bernard)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/accept-case-reports-form-entry-dependency-on-a-corresponding-entry-in-registrations/2759/1 "2023-05-20T11:24:39Z")
I have this config (reducted) in app settings. ```auto "registrations": [ { "form": "chv_signal_reporting", "events": [{ "name": "on_create", "trigger": "add_case" }], "messages": [ { "event_type": "report_accepted", "bool_expr": "true", "message": "", "recipient": "parent" } ] }, { "form": "cha_signal_reporting_verification", "events": [{ "name": "on_create", "trigger": "add_case" }], "messages": [ { "event_type": "report_accepted", "bool_expr": "", "message": "", "recipient": "parent" } ] }, { "form": "cha_signal_verification", "events": [{ "name": "on_create", "trigger": "clear_schedule", "params": "dummy" }] } ], "accept_case_reports": [ { "form": "cha_signal_verification", "validations": {}, "messages": [ { "event_type": "report_accepted", "bool_expr": "", "message": "", "recipient": "parent" } ] } ], "schedules": [ { "name": "dummy", "summary": "", "description": "", "start_from": "reported_date", "start_mid_group": true, "messages": [ { "translation_key": "schedules.dummy.message", "group": 1, "offset": "52 weeks", "send_day": "monday", "send_time": "09:00", "recipient": "reporting_unit" } ] } ] ``` Note that there is a `dummy` schedule entry whose only purpose is to allow registering `cha_signal_verification` in `registrations`. What I really wanted to do is to just accept `cha_signal_verification` report as a case report linked to the case generated in `chv_signal_reporting`’s registration and send an SMS notification. If I omit the entry for `cha_signal_verification` form in registrations, it’s `accept_case_reports` config does not work and no SMS is sent. Is this by design? It seems to me accepting a case report should be independent of a registration for a form. ---
**Author:** ![diana](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/diana/32/2049_2.png) [@diana](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/diana)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/accept-case-reports-form-entry-dependency-on-a-corresponding-entry-in-registrations/2759/2 "2023-05-23T04:38:34Z")
Hi @bernard I believe this is by design, as the `registration` transition first “assigns” a unique `case_id` to the original report, with subsequent reports referring to this generated `case_id`. This is how `accept_patient_reports` works as well - it relies on the `patient_id` being created beforehand by something else (but there are more mechanisms that generate `patient_id`s). ---
**Author:** ![bernard](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/bernard/32/88_2.png) [@bernard](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/bernard)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/accept-case-reports-form-entry-dependency-on-a-corresponding-entry-in-registrations/2759/3 "2023-06-03T08:29:54Z")
Thank you @diana for confirming. In this case though, the report that generates the `case_id` is different from the one referring to it. For such cases, we should consider breaking the dependency. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![diana](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/diana/32/2049_2.png) [@diana](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/diana)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/accept-case-reports-form-entry-dependency-on-a-corresponding-entry-in-registrations/2759/4 "2023-06-05T08:55:06Z")
Hi @bernard I’ve tested this locally and I’m getting an SMS message even though I have no schedule or registration entry for the second form: ```auto "transitions": { "accept_case_reports": true, "default_responses": true, "registration": true, "update_clinics": true, "generate_patient_id_on_people": true, }, "forms": { "CW": { "meta": { "code": "CW", "icon": "child", "translation_key": "form.cw.title" }, "fields": { "weeks_since_birth": { "labels": { "short": { "translation_key": "report.cw.weeks_since_birth" } }, "position": 0, "type": "integer", "length": [ 1, 3 ], "range": [ 0, 260 ], "required": true, "validations": {}, "flags": {} }, "patient_name": { "labels": { "short": { "translation_key": "report.cw.patient_name" } }, "position": 1, "type": "string", "length": [ 1, 30 ], "required": true } }, "public_form": false, "use_sentinel": true }, "GC": { "meta": { "code": "GC", "icon": "child", "translation_key": "form.g.title" }, "fields": { "case_id": { "labels": { "short": { "translation_key": "case_id" }, "tiny": { "en": "ID" } }, "position": 0, "type": "string", "length": [ 5, 13 ], "required": true, "validations": {}, "flags": {} }, "severity": { "labels": { "short": { "translation_key": "report.g.severity" }, "tiny": { "en": "severity" } }, "position": 1, "type": "string", "length": [ 1, 1 ], "required": true } }, "public_form": false, "use_sentinel": true }, }, "schedules": [], "registrations": [ { "form": "CW", "events": [ { "name": "on_create", "trigger": "add_case", "params": "", "bool_expr": "" } ] } ], "accept_case_reports": [ { "form": "GC", "messages": [ { "event_type": "report_accepted", "message": "Case accepted", "recipient": "parent", "params": "", "bool_expr": "" } ] } ] ```