Customizing Constraint Error Messages

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You customize the error message by setting the specified tokens and adding plain text to create the complete message content.

The following tokens are available for customizing constraint error messages:

• {SourceField} is replaced by a list of source fields of the constraint.

• {SourceValue} is replaced by the source field value of the constraint.

• {ConstrainedField} is replaced by the name of the constrained field.

• {ConstrainedValue} is replaced by the allowed values of the constrained field.

When defining the message for an empty mandatory field, you can only select the {ConstrainedField} token.

If you save an empty error message field, the default message is displayed to users (see “Default Constraint Error Messages”.

Example: Customized Mandatory Field Error Message

Using a {ConstrainedField} token, you can specify that the constrained field must have a value of Project:

The “{ConstrainedField}” field is mandatory. You must enter a value for “{ConstrainedField}” before you can save this item.

This translates to:

The “Project” field is mandatory. You must enter a value for “Project” before you can save this item.