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Hey Alex,

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Alex Hall <ahall@autodist.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've looked through the wiki and the docs, plus on Google, but can't find
> anything about customizing validation. We have two custom fields which may
> be empty or not, but if they have a value, it has to be of the right format.
> Both are single-line text fields. How would I set up RT so that I can apply
> a regular expression, or some other kind of formatting, to these fields?

It should be right there in the CF admin page.

There is even a drop down with some prepopulated options.

The (?# ) is a way to put a "human" name with the validation rule. For instance:

(?#State Abbreviation)^[A-Z][A-Z]$

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Indeed there is, and I honestly don't know how I missed it. All I can say
is I must have tabbed right past it, so the screen reader never spoke the
field's name.

I noticed the pound sign being used a lot. Is the rule you mentioned in any
way tied to the field, or is it just an internal note so you know what you
were doing if you go back later? On a related note, is there a way to give
a more readable message after the field than
input must match [complex regex that most users won't understand]
We use the hint, but can we clean up the text stating what the input must
match, or hide it entirely unless the text doesn't match? The hints already
describe the format we need in a more readable way than a regex. Thanks.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote:

> Hey Alex,
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Alex Hall <ahall@autodist.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I've looked through the wiki and the docs, plus on Google, but can't find
> > anything about customizing validation. We have two custom fields which
> may
> > be empty or not, but if they have a value, it has to be of the right
> format.
> > Both are single-line text fields. How would I set up RT so that I can
> apply
> > a regular expression, or some other kind of formatting, to these fields?
>
> It should be right there in the CF admin page.
>
> There is even a drop down with some prepopulated options.
>
> The (?# ) is a way to put a "human" name with the validation rule. For
> instance:
>
> (?#State Abbreviation)^[A-Z][A-Z]$
>
> -m
>



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Alex Hall
Automatic Distributors, IT department
ahall@autodist.com

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Alex Hall <ahall@autodist.com> wrote:
> Indeed there is, and I honestly don't know how I missed it. All I can say is
> I must have tabbed right past it, so the screen reader never spoke the
> field's name.
>
> I noticed the pound sign being used a lot. Is the rule you mentioned in any
> way tied to the field, or is it just an internal note so you know what you
> were doing if you go back later?

Hold....

On a related note, is there a way to give a
> more readable message after the field than
> input must match [complex regex that most users won't understand]

This.

I believe the validation comment is passed back to the end-user when
validation fails:

"Custom Field State must match State Abbreviation." or something on that order.

for (?#State Abbreviation)^[A-Z][A-Z]$

FWIW, I am not sure if I've ever used the validation field of a CF. I
did have a conversation with Best Practical about it once, though.

-m
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* Los Angeles - Q1 2017