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Validation Objects

At run time, after a user enters a value in a task screen field, CA Identity Manager validates the value if the field is associated with one or more validation rules.

During task screen configuration, a task screen field can be associated with a validation rule in either of the following ways:

• By directly associating a validation rule with a field on a task screen.

  This type of attribute validation is named task-level validation. CA Identity Manager validates the field value against other attributes in the task, for example, validating an area code for a user’s telephone number against the user’s city and state.

• By configuring a task screen field with a user directory attribute that is mapped to a validation rule set. The mapping between the attribute and the rules in the rule set is defined in directory.xml.

  This type of attribute validation is named directory-level validation. CA Identity Manager validates the attribute value itself, rather than validating it in the context of other attributes in the task, for example, validating that a telephone number matches the nnn-nnn-nnnn format used in the directory attribute.

Note: For more information, see the Configuration Guide.