<mdm:businessRule> validation errors

These validation errors for Create Model and Update Model requests are specific to <mdm:businessRule> regardless of the element’s context:

• <mdm:businessRule> has an empty name attribute. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Business rule name attribute cannot be empty but the attribute can be omitted</mdm:error>

• <mdm:businessRule> does not have a child <mdm:inputs> element or the element is empty. Error message:

  <mdm:error>No inputs are defined for business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:inputs> does not have any child <mdm:input> elements. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Missing input fields in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:input> element has an invalid type attribute value. The valid values are Field and Function. Sample error message:

  <mdm:error>Missing or invalid rule type in business rule data quality step Validate Email Address</mdm:error>
  note

  This validation message is erroneously specific to a data quality step.

• <mdm:input> does not have a key attribute or the attribute has a null value. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Missing input key value in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:input> has the same key attribute value as that of a peer element. Sample error message:

  <mdm:error>Business rule input key 1 is a duplicate</mdm:error>

• <mdm:input> has a non-numeric key attribute value. Sample error message:

  <mdm:error>Business rule input key XXX must be numeric</mdm:error>

• <mdm:function> is either missing its type attribute or the attribute has an invalid value. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Empty or invalid function type in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:function> does not specify all required properties. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Missing input function properties in business rule</mdm:error>

• The <mdm:function> element representing the named function does not have all required inputs. Sample error message:

  <mdm:error>Function StringConcat one or more inputs are not defined in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:function> has an empty or invalid child <mdm:input> element. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Empty or invalid function input in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:input> to a function has an empty or invalid name attribute. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Empty or invalid input name in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:function> with a type attribute value of StringSplit either does not have a child <mdm:outputs> element or <mdm:outputs> does not have any child <mdm:output> elements. Error message:

  <mdm:error>No output fields are defined for function of type *StringSplit* in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:condition> does not specify all required properties. Sample error message:

  <mdm:error>Missing required properties in condition Validate Email Address in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:condition> has a child <mdm:firstInput> or <mdm:secondInput> element with an invalid type attribute value. The valid values are Field, Function, and Static. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Invalid input type for condition in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:firstInput> or <mdm:secondInput> element of type Field or Function has a key attribute whose value is not that of any of the <mdm:inputs> element’s child <mdm:input> elements. Sample error message:

  <mdm:error>Input key 1 in condition does not exist</mdm:error>

• <mdm:function> with a type attribute value of StringSplit has an invalid splitBy attribute value. The valid values are Delimiter and FixedLength. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Invalid split type for condition in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:conditions> has an invalid topLevelOperator attribute value. The valid values are AND and OR. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Invalid top-level operator for condition in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:condition> has an invalid operator attribute value. The valid values are:

  • CONTAINS

  • EQUALS

  • GREATER_THAN

  • GREATER_THAN_EQUAL

  • IS_NULL

  • IS_NOT_NULL

  • LESS_THAN

  • LESS_THAN_EQUAL

  • NOT_CONTAINS

  • NOT_EQUALS

  • STARTS_WITH

  Error message:

  <mdm:error>Invalid condition operator in business rule</mdm:error>

• <mdm:conditionGroup> has an operator attribute with an invalid value. The valid values are AND and OR. Error message:

  <mdm:error>Invalid condition group operator for function in business rule</mdm:error>