Rule-Obj-Property - Part 2

Rule-Obj-Property - Part 2

TABS EXPLAINED

You can find the Property Name, Rule Set and its Version, Class Name (Applies To) and the date of creation at the top.

Property rule has 4 tabs.

A)     General :

A.1) Property Mode :

Will be explained later in detail.

A.2) Property Type :

As specified earlier it can be of any of the following types,

Text, Integer, Password, Date, DateTime, TrueFalse, Identifier, Double, Decimal, TimeOfDay, TextEncrypted.

A.3) HTML Property :

This is another PEGA rule of type Rule-Obj-HTML,  which can be referred in this property rule. It is used to manage the way in which the property value can be displayed in the screen.

A.4) Table Type :

It can be of any of the following types,

Local List, Field Value, Class Key Value, Remote List and Prompt List.

We wil explore each of these in detail later in a separate topic.

B)       Associations :

This tab shows the list of other rules in PEGA that are associated with this property rule.

C)      Advanced :

Max Length : Maximum length of characters that this property can hold.

Expected Length : Minimum length of characters that this property must have.

        Both of these are for propeties of type Password, Identifier and Text.

Override Sort Function : To sort the values in the property if the property mode is of type Single Value.

Access When : Specify a PEGA rule of type WHEN to satisfy conditions to display the property. We will explore the WHEN rule in detail in later posts.

Edit Input : This is also a PEGA rule which is used to convert the value entered in the screen for this property  to a different format. Again this will be explored in detail later.

Validate : Another PEGA rule which will be discussed in detail later.

D)     History :

 It is always necessary to fill the History tab with useful information about the rule. This is used for the documenting purpose.