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Condition Types

A condition type specifies the type of validation rule it imposes. CA 2E has four types of conditions, divided into two categories: those that are used with status fields and those used with non-status fields.

The condition types allowed for status fields are:

The condition types allowed for non-status fields are:

This table lists the valid condition types and the field types to which they can be attached. The use of the different types of field conditions is described in the sections following the table.

Condition
Type

Description

Example

Field Type

CMP

RNG

VAL

LST

Compare using an operator

Valid range between two values

Value

List of value conditions

Greater than 5

0–20

A

Held, Paid, Unpaid

All others

All others

STS

STS

See the chapter "Modifying Action Diagrams" in Building Applications for more information on using conditions involving functions.