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Validation Tab

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The validation tab is used for specifying validation for the field element.  Validation for the field element is only performed when is submitted or progresses from one state to another.  It is possible to turn off field element validation from the Edit Workflow screen for the specific workflow step by not checking the Perform Validation property.

 

Validation Tab

 

ValidationTab

Property Name

Description

Mandatory

Indicates if the field element is mandatory.  If selected also provide a message to display when value of the field element is missing

Numeric

Indicates if the field value is a numeric value.  If selected also provide a message to display when value of the field element is not a numeric value

AlphaNumeric

Indicates if the field value is alpha numeric value.  If selected also provide a message to display when value of the field element is not an alphanumeric value.

Email

Indicates if the field is an email address.  If selected also provide a message to display when value of the field element is not a valid email address

Decimal

Indicates if the field value is a decimal value.  If selected also provide a message to display when value of the field element is not a decimal value

URL

Indicates if the field value is a URL address.  If selected also provide a message to display when value of the field element is not a URL value

Regular Expression

Provides a custom regular expression to perform validation on the field.

 

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It is possible to select multiple validations per field element.  The above lists all the supported validations for a field element.  However some field elements may only contain a subset of the above validations.