Defining How Validation Error Messages Display

You can choose to have validation error messages display inline (that is, on the page where the validation is performed) or on a separate error page.

To define how a validation error message displays:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Page Definition. See "Accessing the Page Definition".

2. Go to the Edit Validations page:

   • Tree view - Under Page Processing, locate Validating and expand the Validations branch. Right-click on the validation name and select Edit.

   • Component view - Under Validations, select the appropriate validation.

3. Scroll down to Error Message.

4. In Error Message, enter your error message text.

5. From Error message display location, select a display location.

   This attribute identifies where a validation error message displays. Validation error messages can display on an error page or inline within the existing page. Inline error messages can display in a notification area (defined as part of the page template) or within the field label.

   To create a hard error that stops all processing (including validations), you must display the error on an error page.

6. If you select Inline with Field or Inline with Field and in Notification, you must associate an item with the error message. To associate an item with the error message, select the item from the Associated Item list.

7. Click Apply Changes.