Best Practices for Forms with Validation Rules

When designing forms that contain validation rules, use these guidelines to optimize performance.

• Include Dense dimensions on rows and columns, and Sparse dimensions on page and POV

• Limit the number of dimensions on a row. Including multiple dimensions on a row will negatively impact performance.

• Select the Suppress Missing Blocks option when Sparse dimensions are on rows.

• Reduce the number of Business Rules set to Run on Save

• Use the outline to add Member Formulas instead of including Formula columns in the form

• Ensure that Business Rules and Smart Push update unique data

• Limit the number of rows to approximately 100 rows or less

• Use member functions instead of selecting individual members to reduce maintenance

• Leverage dynamic user variables, substitution variables and valid combinations instead of creating a large number of forms

• Organize forms into folders