Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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- Adding a rule
- Add a Launch a URL rule
- Add a Run a Macro rule
- Add a Call a Process rule
- Add a Case Exchange rule
- Add a Run a Wizard rule
- Add a Clear Fields rule
- Add a JavaScript Validation rule
- Add a Run JavaScript rule
- Add a Set Mandatory Fields rule
- Add a Set Mandatory Variables rule
- Add a Send Notifications rule
- Add a Launch a Script rule
- Add a Send HTML Email rule
- Add a Start or Stop Clock rule
- Add a Set Field rule
- Add a Set Field from Number rule
- Add a Validate Date rule
- Add a Validate against List rule
- Add a Validate against Table rule
- Add a Validate Text/Number rule
- Add a Popup Message Box rule
- Add an Assignment rule
- Add a Run Action rule
- Add a Run Scheduled Action rule
- Group rules
Add a Validate Date rule
Applies to User Roles:
System Administrator
Implementer
This rule enables you to validate a date field against an absolute date or a range of relative dates. For example, you can add a rule to validate whether a document expiration date is greater than or equal to the document creation date.
To add a Validate Date rule, follow these steps:
- In the System Navigator, click Tailoring > Process Designer > Rule Sets.
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Click Search to open the Rule Set form, and then select the rule set to which you want to add the rule.
Note You can edit user-defined rule sets only. Out-of-box rule sets are labeled as Micro Focus Proprietary and cannot be modified.
- Click Add Rule to open the Select Rule Type page, and then click Validate Date.
- In the Rule Description field, type a description of your new rule.
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Click Edit to add conditions to the rule.
Note If you do not specify a condition, the value defaults to Always.
- Select the error message type: Pop-up or Screen to display during validation.
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Select the field to validate from the drop-down list.
Note The drop-down list displays all fields with the Date data type from the current table.
- Select the comparison operator from the drop-down list.
- Select the Not option if you want to negate the comparison.
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Click Relative Date/Time or Absolute Date/Time to validate against date field.
Note
- If you select Relative Date/Time, select a date field or Current Date/Time from the drop-down list.
- An offset time of days, hours, and minutes can be added or subtracted from the relative date/time by selecting + or -. For instance, an offset of +04:03:02 indicates the relative date/time is ahead by 4 days, 3 hours, and 2 minutes.
- If you select Absolute Date/Time, click the Calendar icon to select the date and time.
- Click OK to add the new rule to the rule set.
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