Start/End Conditional Statement
Solution No. 167
Start Conditional Statement
If the “Start Conditional Statement” is true, all subsequent actions will be processed until the “End Conditional Statement” action is reached. Note: This must be used in conjunction with the “End Conditional Statement”.
So Where Would We Use It?
Conditional statements set up a series of rules for which subsequent actions are to be carried out only when the conditions of the rules are met.
Properties
To set the properties for this action, follow these steps:
1. Select Start Conditional Statement from the Action dropdown list.
2. Select Value 1 from the dropdown list.
The choices are:
- Action Result – sets the condition to a user-defined action result.
- Value From Screen – sets the condition to a value pulled from a specific field within the specified screen.
- Value From Session – sets the condition to a value that results from the current session information.
- Value From Row – sets the condition to a value from a specified row
3. Specify Value 1 in the dropdown list to the right.
4. Select condition from the dropdown list.
The operator choices are:
- Equal to – displays all records that exactly match.
- Not equal to – displays all records that don?t match the criteria.
- Greater than – lists all values that are greater than the criterion.
- Greater than or equal to – lists all values that are greater than or exactly match the criterion.
- Less than – lists all values in the field that are less than the criterion.
- Less than or equal to - lists all values that are less than or exactly match the criterion.
- Contains – displays all records that contain the criterion.
- Does not contain – displays all records that do not contain the criterion.
- Build Selection List – lists all values from the user-defined list.
5. Select Value 2 from the dropdown list.
The choices are:
- Type In – sets the condition to a value that the user types in manually.
- Action Result – sets the condition to a user-defined action result.
- Value From Screen – sets the condition to a value pulled from a specific field within the specified screen.
- Value From Session – sets the condition to a value that results from the current session information.
- Value From Row – sets the condition to a value from a specified row
6. If you selected Type In for Step 5, enter the predefined value and proceed to Step 7; otherwise, specify Value 2 in the dropdown list to the right.
7. Enter Internal note (Optional).
8. Click Save & Close to save changes and close the action properties window; otherwise, click Cancel to close the window without saving.
End Conditional Statement
If the “Start Conditional Statement” is true, all subsequent actions will be processed until the “End Conditional Statement” action is reached. Note: This must be used in conjunction with the “Start Conditional Statement”.
So Where Would We Use It??
You can use this action to specify an end within the action set to any actions that should be contained and only applied within the condition statement.
Properties
To set the properties for this action, follow these steps:
1. Select End Conditional Statement from the Action dropdown list.
2. Enter Internal note (Optional).
3. Click Save & Close to save changes and close the action properties window, otherwise click Cancel to close the window without saving.
| Created by | Saudia A. on | Oct-21-2011 |
| Last modified on | Sep-17-2015 |
