Understanding Your Data Model › Using Conditions
Using Conditions
A CA 2E condition both specifies the values or set of values that a field may take and indicates what those values mean.
Conditions are used to
- Validate the entry of data
- Specify the select/omit criteria for access paths
- Specify processing conditions in action diagrams
- Condition the appearance of fields on function device formats
- Specify function parameter values when calling functions in action diagrams
- Specify default field values for adding records to a database
