Making a String Value All Upper Case or All Lower Case

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You want to automatically make a string value all upper-case or all lower-case without imposing this requirement on the user or any system that provides the value.

Solution Elements

Element	Description
Lower case constraint	A constraint defined in the Type and Attribute Management utility. See Attribute Constraint Rules for more information.
Upper case constraint	A constraint defined in the Type and Attribute Management utility. See Attribute Constraint Rules for more information.

Intended Outcome

• You are able to enter the value of a string in any case (upper, lower or mixed-case) in the Create or Edit UIs and have it automatically stored and displayed as either all upper-case or all lower-case.

• You are able to programmatically(using java code, import operations etc) set the value of a string attribute in any case (upper, lower or mixed-case) in the Create or Edit UIs and have it automatically stored and displayed as either all upper-case or all lower-case.

Solution

To configure a string attribute’s value to be automatically converted to all lower-case, use the Lower case constraint.

To configure a string attribute’s value to be automatically converted to all upper-case, use the Lower case constraint.