Properties of Rule Elements

Use

Generation rules consist of rule elements. The rule elements have the following general properties:

Element type (A list of all rule element types is displayed below).
Name (must be unique within a rule)

Note

If a rule element is given the special name CONTAINER_ID, the unique ID of a superordinate object can be inserted.

Example: Document number that contains the reference number of the superordinate record.

Here the name CONTAINER_ID lends itself to the type Rule Link. If a document is created from within a record, the system reads the reference number of the record, and includes it in the document number.

If a document is created outside of a record, the rule link can point to a rule that has to be applied in this case. The rule that the link with the name CONTAINER_ID points to is only applied if no superordinate object is known whose unique ID can be read and inserted.
Description (optional)

Rule elements differ according to whether user entries are required for evaluation purposes when the elements are processed (interactive rule element types), or the result of the element can be determined automatically without user entries (automatic rule element types).

The following automatic rule element types exist:

Definite Text
Current date
Attribute Value
Number Ranges
Context counters with the corresponding selection elements and the placeholders
Rule Link

The following interactive rule element types exist:

Text Entry
Date Entry
File plan position
Organizational Unit

In addition, interactive rule elements have the following general properties:

Query text (displayed above the entry field)
Help text (displayed below the entry field)
Minimum length (determines whether the entry is optional)