Part of Data Landing Portal (DLP) data sender user guide
Appendix A - List of validation rules for each Rule type
| Rule type | Validation rules/characters allowed |
|---|---|
| Text | |
| Alpha | [a-z] or [A-Z]. Allows for Spaces. Max length includes every single character and space. |
| AlphaNumeric | [a-z] or [A-Z] or [0-9]. Allows for Spaces. Max length includes every single character and space. |
| AlphaNumericSpecials | Any valid characters in the encoding set used. ASCII characters in the range 32-128 (https://www.danshort.com/ASCIImap). Max length includes every single character and space. |
| Number | |
| Integer | 0-9 and allow "-” and “+” as prefixes. Thousand separators are valid ",". No decimal point. Max length only counts the number of numeric characters. |
| Decimal |
0-9 and allow "-" and “+” as prefixes. Thousand separators are Note: with a Decimal you can define both the maximum precision (mandatory) and scale (optional). The precision defines how many numeric characters the user can enter in total. (Characters such as commas do not count towards this total). The scale defines how many decimal places your number can have. The precision and the scale should be separated by a comma (e.g. 8,2 would allow the user to enter 8 numeric characters in total of which up to 2 can come after the decimal point). The maximum precision allowed is 30. Where no scale is set, no |
| Currency |
As decimal but allow prefix of "£", "$", "€". Should accept even if Note: the rules for precision and scale (described against the |
| Date | Validate as per original specified format |
| Time | |
| Date Time |
Last edited: 25 August 2021 4:09 pm