Data Validation Manager in Siebel

Siebel Data Validation Manager Tutorial. 

How to invoke a Data Validation Manager in Siebel.

Data validation through ”Administration – Data Validation” and invoking it through Runtime Events.

Example:

• When ever a user creates an Contact record under Account screen and tries to save it the system should throw an error saying that ”Address is a required field” 
• When ever a user creates an Activity record on ’Serivce Request – Activities’ view and tries to save it the system should throw an error saying that ”Comments is a required field” 

Configuration:

Siebel Client
Administration – Data Validation -> Validation Messages

• Message Code: any idetifier for the message to be displayed to the end user
• Message Level: Name of the BC where when the record is created, validation needs to run.
• Message Source: Name of the rule set to be formed.
• Message Text: Exact text message to be displayed to the end User.

Administration – Data Validation -> Rule Sets

• Name: Same name as used in Message Source above.
• Business Component: Name of the BC where when the record is created, validation needs to run.
• Status: Active
• Business Object: Name of the BO for which the BC needs to be validated
• View: If the validation needs to be specified for a certain view only, then specify 

Administration – Data Validation -> Rule Sets -> Rules

• Name: any logical name
• Sequence: Unique integer in a Rule Set which defines the sequence of the validations in a rule set.
• Apply To: Current Record
• Expression: Build an expression for the data to be validated: e.g. Address Id IS NOT NULL
• Stop on Error: TRUE
• Immediate Display: TRUE
• Return Code: Message Code defined above.

Administration -> Runtime Events -> Action Sets

• Name: Any logical Name.
• Active: TRUE 

Administration -> Runtime Events -> Action Sets -> Actions applet

• Name: Any logical Name.
• Active: TRUE
• Sequence: Unique integer in a Action set which defines the sequence of the actions to be performed
• Action Type: BusService
• Business Service Name: Data Validation Manager
• Business Service Method: Validate
• Business Service Context: ”Rule Set Name”, ”Name of the Rule Set created” 

Administration -> Runtime Events -> Events

• Sequence: Unique identifier which defines the sequence of the Actions on an Object.
• Object Type: BusComp
• Object Name: Name of the Bus Comp.
• Event: PreWriteRecord
• Action Set Name: Name of the Action set created in Runtime Event screen above.
• Conditional Expression: optional

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