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Defining Error Messages for Data Validation

Before defining data validation rules, you can define the error messages that these rules display.

When you create a validation rule, you will be able to choose among these messages to specify the error message that the rule displays, or you will be able to type in a message for the rule.

To activate a rule set

1. Navigate to the Administration - Data Validation screen, then Validation Messages view.
2. In the Validation Messages list, add a record for each new rule set and complete the necessary fields. Some fields are described in the table that follows.

   Field	Comments
   Message Code	Enter a numeric code or error code that will be associated with the rule. This code is an alphanumeric value that the application logs in the validation history record and store in the Return Code output argument of the business service, if the expression is evaluated to be false. The existing value of that output argument will be overwritten. Therefore the Return Code output argument of the business service will contain the Return Code of the last rule that is evaluated as FALSE. Maximum number of characters for return code is 30. For more information, see Viewing a Validation History.
   Message Level	Enter the level the error message is coming. This is usually something like Quote or Order, but it be any text that describes the level.
   Message Source	Enter the source of the error. This is the process that generated the error, such as Quote Validation or Quote Approval.
   Message Text	Enter the text that is displayed as the error message.