How to Check Mandatory Fields, Optional Fields and Error Messages?

Jenith Kumar

The natural assumption of any user is that all required input is present and correct. DOKA provides

functionality for verifying this premise. On the icon header you will find a selection of general and

functional transaction icons for

Many checks are stored along with the transaction to determine which fields must be filled in

as mandatory fields and/or are dependent on other values, e.g. for optional fields.

Whenever you leave a particular field, checks defined in connection to that field are executed.

The error messages displayed are intended to help you identify and rectify input errors.

You can click on the icon at any time, even prior to making any input. So doing will run all checks

implemented in the transaction, that is, all checks designed to validate whether mandatory fields have

been filled and whether dependent fields contain consistent data. If errors are present, the corresponding

messages for the fields will be displayed and the cursor will be placed on the panel where the first error

was reported.

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