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Cakedesk dialog for creating a cancellation invoice with fields for cancellation number, text, invoice template, and language

May 12, 2026

Updating custom templates for cancellations

With version 1.34.0, Cakedesk now supports cancellation invoices and cancellation credit notes.

Built-in templates already handle these new document types. If you use a custom template, it is worth checking whether your template hard-codes invoice titles or document types.

#Summary

To make a custom template ready for cancellations:

  1. Use getDocumentTitle() for the main document title
  2. Handle document.type === 'CANCELLATION' if you use your own conditional logic
  3. Use document.canceledInvoice if you want to show which document is being canceled

#Use 'getDocumentTitle()' for the title

Before cancellations, many templates used a condition like this:

<h1>
    <%= document.type === 'PROPOSAL'
        ? t('proposal')
        : document.type === 'CREDIT_NOTE'
        ? t('creditNote')
        : t('invoice') %>
</h1>

This works for invoices, credit notes, and proposals, but it would label cancellation documents as normal invoices.

The recommended update is to use the helper function instead:

<h1><%= getDocumentTitle() %></h1>

getDocumentTitle() returns the correct title for:

  • invoices
  • credit notes
  • cancellation invoices
  • cancellation credit notes
  • proposals

For German documents, for example, it can return "Rechnung", "Gutschrift", "Stornorechnung", "Stornogutschrift", or "Angebot: Mein Angebotstitel".

#Showing the canceled document

Cancellation documents include a new document.canceledInvoice object. It contains information about the document that was canceled directly:

<% if (document.canceledInvoice) { %>
    <p>
        Cancels document <%= document.canceledInvoice.invoiceId %>
        from <%= formatDate(document.canceledInvoice.invoiceDate) %>.
    </p>
<% } %>

The following fields are available:

  • document.canceledInvoice.invoiceId
  • document.canceledInvoice.invoiceDate
  • document.canceledInvoice.type
  • document.canceledInvoice.rootType

rootType is useful when a cancellation is canceled again. It tells you whether the cancellation chain originally started from an invoice or from a credit note.

#Totals and amounts

Cakedesk creates cancellation documents by reversing the original line item and discount amounts. If your template already renders totals with getSummaryItems(), you do not need to change anything.

If you render totals manually, test your template with a cancellation invoice and make sure negative values display cleanly.

#New built-in template strings

Cakedesk also adds two built-in template strings for cancellations:

  • cancellationInvoice
  • cancellationCreditNote

You usually do not need to use these strings directly if you use getDocumentTitle(). The helper already uses them internally.

#Older invoice templates

Older invoice-only templates can keep using the invoice variable. The new cancellation type is available there as well:

<% if (invoice.type === 'CANCELLATION') { %>
    <h1><%= getDocumentTitle() %></h1>
<% } %>

For new templates, the unified document variable is recommended.

#Further reading