Elements of the Validate Dialog Box

The following table describes the elements of the Validate dialog box.

Label/Field Element Description

Validate

List (Validate list)

Shows the results of the validation process. Each row in the Validate list identifies a rule violation for the object.

  • Click a column heading to sort the rows.

  • Select and move the border of a column heading cell to resize the columns.

Severity

Column

Indicates one of the following types of errors (and its corresponding icon):

  • Warning. The warning icon is a backslash (\) in a circle, which appears in the color Yellow.

  • Error. The error icon is an exclamation mark (!) in a red triangle. This error might cause a problem in Siebel CRM at runtime.

Rule

Column

Displays an integer that identifies the number of the violated rule. Rules are listed sequentially according to the rule number.

Object

Column

Displays the name of the object that failed validation.

Description

Column

Displays a description of the error or warning.

None

Box (validate error details)

Displays more information about the error or warning message selected in the Validate list.

Options

Button

Click to open the Validate Options dialog where you can specify the rules to enforce during validation. For more information, see Elements of the Validation Options Dialog Box.

Start

Button

Click to start the validation process.

Go To

Button

Select an error in the Validate list and then click Go To to drill down on the object that causes the error.

Cancel

Button

Click to cancel the validation process or to close the Validate dialog.

Load Existing Validation Log

Field

Click Browse to select a validation log (that you previously saved) and then click Load to load it back into the Validate Tool.

Load

Button

Click to load the contents of the log file that is specified in the Load Existing Validation Log field back into the Validate Tool.

Save As

Button

Click to save the list of errors, that currently appear in the Validate list, as a log file.