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Purpose

Use validate rules to help users enter valid property values into an HTML form or to validate data received from another system or source. A validate rule can test input values against conditions defined as part of the rule. When a value does not pass the tests, the system adds one or more messages to the clipboard page containing these values, marking the page as invalid.

Creating a validate rule is simpler than creating a custom activity that validates user input.

Don't confuse validate rules with edit validate rules; the latter require Java programming skills to develop. Validate rules can call edit validate rules.

Where referenced

Rules of four types can reference validate rules:

• Flow action rules, to validate user input
• Flow rules, to validate user-entered parameter values
• Activities, with the Obj-Validate method
• Correspondence rules, to validate user responses to prompts

To execute a validate rule during initial entry of a work object, create a validate rule named onAdd with a work type as the Applies To key part. The standard activity Work-.Add causes a validation rule with that name to execute. B-19325

Access

Use the Application Explorer to access validate rules that apply to the work types of your application. Use the Rules Explorer to list all validate rules available to you.

Category

Validate rules are part of the Process category. A validate rule is an instance of the Rule-Obj-Validate rule type.

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