Compare field attribute of orignal and checked out record

[Former Member]

Hi,

is it possible to compare the values (via validation) of the original field attribute and the checked out field attribute?

Best Regards

Olof

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Olof,

If you mean the value of fields in a record you can use the feature [Original].field in the validation-engine.

For using this you have to do a check-out before changing the record.

Kind Regards,

Job Jansen

Edited by: Job Jansen on Apr 2, 2010 3:11 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Job,

thank you for your reply.

I never managed to solve this with validation engine since I tried to compare the field attributes of two records (not regular fields). Instead i used the java api (ComparisonResultSet) with the records Ids of the two records as input parameters. Then I was able to compare the attributes.

Kind Regards

Olof

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Olof

This is correct. MDM validations is meant for validating within the same record. It can not be used across 2 records.

We have also achieved this using API passing the record IDs of original and checked out record for comparison.

best regards

Ravi

[Former Member]

Hi Olof

Yes

1.Cretae validator

2.Create Branch for category

3.Create validation expression for attribute selected category

4.Repeat 2-3 for all categories

Regards

Kanstantsin