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How to Configure Validation Rules

Configure a validation rule by integrating it with CA IdentityMinder, and by directly or indirectly associating it with a task screen field.

How you configure a validation rule determines whether you want the rule applied to a field in a particular task screen (task-level validation) or a field in any task screen (directory-level validation), as follows:

• With task-level validation, you make a direct association between the rule and a field in a particular task screen. Validation is performed on the field in the context of that task screen only.
• With directory-level validation, the association between the rule and the task screen field is indirect, as follows:
  • In directory.xml, you specify the validation rule, add the rule to a rule set, and associate the rule set with a managed object attribute.
  • In the User Console, a field that is configured with the managed object attribute is validated against the rule set mapped to the attribute.

Validation is performed on any field configured with the attribute, regardless of the task screen that contains the field, and regardless of the CA IdentityMinder environment that contains the task screen.