Maintaining Your Data Model › Adding/Modifying Conditions › Validating Field Entries Using Check Condition

Validating Field Entries Using Check Condition

To validate data entry for a field, CA 2E uses a check condition which initially defaults to *NONE. The default indicates that any value is allowed for the field, even if conditions have been defined for it.

You can override this default with one of the conditions you have added to a field to impose specific validation. The field value will be validated against the condition for the field. If the value does not meet the criteria of the condition, an error message will be displayed.

Note: Although you have defined conditions, if you leave check condition to *NONE, checking will not occur at this level. It can still take place at the device level.

For STS fields, the check condition must be a LST condition. As an example, follow these instructions to specify the *ALL values condition to validate a status field.

• On the Edit Field Details panel, type *ALL values in the Check condition field and press Enter.
• You can also select a condition from a list of existing conditions by typing ? in the Check Condition field on this panel.