Enabling Mandatory Field Indicator

Until now, the mandatory field indicator (i.e., the Asterisk symbol (*)) was not displayed in the user interfaces. This resulted in bad user experience and increased the lead time to complete a process in the application. Now, to overcome these issues, you can configure the system such that mandatory field indicator '*' is displayed for the required fields in the user interface.

To enable the mandatory field indicator for the required fields in the user interface, you need to set the com.oracle.ouaf.ui.disableRequiredFieldIndicators property in the spl.template.properties file to False. Note that, by default, the com.oracle.ouaf.ui.disableRequiredFieldIndicators property is set to True. On changing the value of this property from True to False, the mandatory field indicator (*) appears next to the required fields in the user interface.

On enabling the mandatory field indicator, the Asterisk (*) symbol appears corresponding to the required fields on almost all screens throughout the application. There is no way to disable it for a specific screen. However, there are some exceptions on enabling the mandatory field indicator:

• The Asterisk (*) symbol does not appear corresponding to the required fields in the Search portals or AWB pop-up windows.

• If a field is required for an algorithm program, the Asterisk (*) symbol does not appear corresponding to the respective field.

• The Asterisk (*) symbol does not appear corresponding to the required checkboxes whose data is stored as the Boolean value (i.e. True or False) in the database.

• There are some screens where the mandatory field indicator feature is not operational at present. We are working on such screens and it would be fixed in the upcoming releases. You can refer to the 36919824 bug for the list of such screens where the mandatory field indicator is not displayed at present.