{"id":9740,"date":"2025-05-01T08:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Ines%20Prespjanin"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:10:54","password":"","slug":"validation-use-cases","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/documentation\/validation-use-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-toc-title\">Validate required information on Person when a contract is created<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Customer is using M-Files in Human Resources for managing employees, contract, and documents. When they are creating an employment agreement, Person\u2019s personal number is required information (Picture 1). The personal number can\u2019t be a required field on a Person\u2019s object as you don\u2019t send that info before you actually hire that person. You need to validate that contract isn\u2019t created without it and added later on manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-106-1024x360.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-106-1024x360.png 1024w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-106-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-106-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-106-360x127.png 360w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-106.png 1412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Picture 1. Simplified structure<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-107.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-107.png 585w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-107-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-107-360x78.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Picture 2. Example from M-Files<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-toc-title\">Configuration of Validation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Source object is Contract, and validation is done on referenced object Person (Picture 3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-108-1024x781.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-108-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-108-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-108-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-108-360x275.png 360w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-108.png 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Picture 3. Configuration \u2013 Source object and Property validation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Referenced object Person is connected via person property on an Employment contract (Picture 4). Property Personal ID is validated that is not empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-109-1024x788.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-109-1024x788.png 1024w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-109-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-109-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-109-360x277.png 360w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-109.png 1141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Picture 4. Configuration \u2013 Property validation rule<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With this validation rule, a contract can\u2019t be check-out if personal ID property is empty. Error will be like on Picture 5.<strong>&nbsp;We can add more Validation Rules in same Property validation rule.<\/strong>&nbsp;For example, we can also check that Last Name is not empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-110.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-110.png 786w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-110-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-110-768x311.png 768w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-110-360x146.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Picture 5. Validation Error message<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-toc-title\">Player has to be an adult, over 18 to sign-in scholarship agreement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Customer is a football club with a very big youth academy. When young players are signing scholarship agreements if they are not over 18, they need to have a guardian or parent present when they are signing the contract. Parent or guardian is also signing a contract. With extended validation, M-Files will check if there is a guardian not empty when the player is under 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-111-1024x336.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-111-1024x336.png 1024w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-111-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-111-768x252.png 768w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-111-1536x504.png 1536w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-111-360x118.png 360w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-111.png 1594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Picture 6. Simplified structure<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-toc-title\">Configuration of Validation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"946\" src=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-112-1024x946.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-112-1024x946.png 1024w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-112-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-112-768x709.png 768w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-112-360x332.png 360w, https:\/\/extensionkit.unitfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-112.png 1204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Picture 7. 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