Configuration Utility - Rule Conditions dialog box

Conditions are based on fields in the Job Header or Data Set Header. Conditions are logical statements made up of operands and field values. If no conditions are specified, the action will be applied to all jobs. You can access this dialog box when you add or modify an override table. From the Rules Editor dialog box, add or modify a condition to view this dialog box.

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. Rule Conditions Dialog Box

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Rule conditions

Use the Rule Conditions text box to modify or create new rule conditions.

Free-Form Edit button/Validate button

Free-Form Edit – Allows you to modify the rule condition without clearing the condition. Click to manually edit or create a rule condition.

Validate – After a free-form edit, you must click Validate to confirm that modifications made to the rule condition during a free-form edit were valid and save the changes.

Undo button

Removes the last operand or variable entered, from right to left.

Clear Conditions button

Clears the entire condition. You must reenter the condition.

Conditions construction

You can include only one condition statement per rule, but each condition can include many operands and field values. A condition is expressed as FIELD OPERAND VALUE (for example, NDHGCLAS = C).

Option	Description
( )	Used to group complex expressions.
FIELD	Click to add the selected field to the condition.

=	The field is equal to a value.
!	The field is not equal to a value.
<	The field is less than a value.
>	The field is greater than a value.

VALUE	Click to add the entered value to the condition. You can specify a value that includes an asterisk () to match any alphanumeric characters (including spaces), a number key (#) to match any alphanumeric characters (excluding spaces), or a question mark (?) to match a single character. To use an asterisk, number key, or question mark as a literal character, you must place a backslash (\) before the symbol. For example, to match "test", the value should be "test\*".
Match any	Value is any alphanumeric character, including spaces. This is represented by an asterisk (*).
Match non-blank	Value is any alphanumeric character, excluding spaces. This is represented by a number key (#).
Decimal	Value is expressed as a decimal.
Hexadecimal	Value is expressed as a hexadecimal.

OR	Either condition must be met.
AND	Both conditions must be met.

Header fields

Select a field from the Job Header or Data Set Header to add to your condition statement. Notice the Field Type and Field Range fields under the Header fields box.

Field type

Displays the field type for the selected header field.

Field range

Displays the field range for the selected header field, when appropriate.

Instructions

Displays instructions for creating a rule condition.