Building qualifications and expressions

In active links and filters, the Run If qualification is an expression that determines whether the If actions or Else actions are executed for the current request. In escalations, the Run If qualification first determines whether there are any requests in the database that match the qualification. If so, the escalation if actions are executed for each matching request. If not, the escalation else actions are executed once. See If-Actions-and-Else-Actions.

Other AR System features also use expressions, including Set Fields, Push Fields, and certain Open Window actions, as described in Specifying-workflow-actions. Table fields, alert lists, search menus, join forms, defined searches, data archiving, auditing, and export also use expressions.

Related topics

Setting-up-the-development-environment

Defining-workflow-to-automate-processes

This section describes how to build an expression, focusing on Run If qualifications. Topics include:

Action

Reference

Learn to use assistance while defining expressions in Developer Studio.

Learn the formatting conventions for fields used in the Run-if qualification.

Follow the best practices for creating efficient qualifications.

Learn to trigger a filter by using the $USER$ keyword.

Learn to check transaction versus database by using a filter qualification.

Use operators, wildcards, keywords, and null values for building field values.


For specific examples of building expressions in workflow actions, see Specifying-workflow-actions.

 

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