Symptom
1- How to format a custom field to be of a specific number of Characters and Numbers? For example National Id Number added under job information.
2- How can we ensure the number of digits enter are exact? For example 12 digits only.
Environment
Employee Central - Business Rule
Employee Central - Custom Field
Reproducing the Issue
- Create a custom field.
- Ensure the an error is thrown if the format entered is incorrect
- Ensure the value entered is of the required length
Cause
Configuration issue
Resolution
1- To set the format of the field please follow this article 2426526
2- To raise an error message if the value entered is not of the required length.
Please configure the IF CONDITION as indicated below or add this to existing rule (created to ensure the value entered is of the required format- see article 2426526).
NOTE: The Base Object of the rule should be the one where the custom field was added (in this example, Organisation Information)
Raise the ERROR MESSAGE in the Then part.
See Also
2426526 - How to use a Business Rule to apply a Format/Regular Expression to a Field
2604562 - Maximum Number of Characters in the Object Text Field
Keywords
Field, Length, Format. , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-JOB-RUL , Job Info Business Rules , LOD-SF-EC-PER-PRS , Personal Info - Config, Rules, RBP, UI , How To