reject

This rule rejects the specified field as bad data and writes the record to the bad data file. This rule is designed to be used in conditional statements as one action to take if a field value fails its validation. The syntax for reject is:

<reject fieldName="name"/>

The parameter for reject is:

• fieldName – The qualified field name or assigned variable for the field to reject.

Example 9 Sample reject Rule

This sample checks whether the SSN field is null. If the SSN field is null, the record is rejected and written to the bad data file. If the field is not null, the record is returned as “good” data.

<rule>
  <if>
    <condition>
      <isnull fieldName="Person.SSN"/>
    </condition>
    <then>
      <reject fieldName="Person.SSN"/>
    </then>
    <else>
      <return fieldName="Person.SSN"/>
    </else>
  </if>
</rule>