# LBF made available in the Patient Portal?

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**Created:** [March 23, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/lbf-made-available-in-the-patient-portal/18071 "2022-03-23T09:48:44Z")\
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Hello @kkappiah -  
A simple query of the forum posts for the key words “lbf patient portal” or “layout form portal” returns some useful results.

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Basically, an LBF is used in the portal by invoking it from within a portal template. So you have to build a portal template which contains the tag to call the LBF.

A forum post where the dev talks about implementing LBFs in the portal templates:

> [@Implementation of LBF visit forms in Onsite Portal](https://community.open-emr.org/t/implementation-of-lbf-visit-forms-in-onsite-portal/15225):
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> Hi everyone, Based on numerous requests and ACE Health Solutions (Jit Chawla) preferred vendor annual contribution to the community, I will be introducing capability(v5.0.2 patch 5) to send LBF visit(encounter) type forms to the Portal Patient Documents to be completed by patients then returned for review via Dashboard. Feature will also be available in Patient Documents for reception/patient to complete on check in. Eventually my hope is to allow the check in to pop out to a tablet in a wizar…

More on the current and future use of LBFs in portal forms

> [@Newly revamped Patient Portal v6.0.4 and future v6.1.0](https://community.open-emr.org/t/newly-revamped-patient-portal-v6-0-4-and-future-v6-1-0/17776):
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> Available in v6 patch 4 I have recently restructured the patient portals document and templates feature for better template management and much better responsiveness on mobile. The entire portal was restructured with an eye on being small device friendly. The Portal no longer has any sidebar menus where now all activities are selected from the top navbar. Patient My Documents has been reworked to provide the maximum viewport possible on mobile. All of the IOS browser issues noted by others and …

A couple specific techniques to use in LBFs for the portal

> [@"Exclude in portal" option in Layout forms not working in demographics](https://community.open-emr.org/t/exclude-in-portal-option-in-layout-forms-not-working-in-demographics/16785):
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> Related to: I am using version 6 in a FEMP stack: FreeBSD 12.2 Nginx 1.20.0 Mysql 8.0.25 PHP 7.4.20

Then some items in the OpenEMR wiki, which is a site not widely known here in the forum. It can be difficult to navigate untill you get used to it but it does have a lot of good information in it.

This page describes building a portal template. It lists the tags available in a template; search the page for ‘LBF’  
[https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Patient\_Portal\_Document\_Templates](https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Patient_Portal_Document_Templates)

Good luck!

- Harley

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