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- You can instantly tell the user whether an input value is correct
- You can even return additional steps - based on the input
Limitations
- Online Validation limits the Offline capabilities of the systemYou will limit the Offline capability because a request is made for each order lines registration
There are two types of online validation
- Specific step validation Generic step validation(steps already in the stadard Workflows)
- Custom step validation (your own custom step)
Specific step validation
Specific validation can be setup in the following steps.
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If status is returned as Completed, then the application will take that as a positive response. Other status will be interpreted as an error, and will prevent the user from going forward.
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Custom step validation
Generic step validation is a mechanism for validating any step in the workflow configuration, which does not have a specific validation element in the services section. This type of online validation still has the possibility to validate current step and any previous step if setup to do so.
Configuration is done inside the workflow, and looks as follows.
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