Web Interface Validation

Question

Is it possible to have one field in a "Create User" request to be required depending on the value of another.

For instance, if i selected the EmployeeType as staff, the EmployeeNumber would become a required field, but if i chose Contractor, this field would not be required.

I have tried to have two different property patterns assigned to the same users OU one for employee and one for contractors but this doenst give the desired effect. To get aorund this i could have two seperate forms, one for staff and one for contractos but i wanted to see if there was a neater way to provide the pre-submit validation.

Answer 1

Chris,

Actually, you have three options.

Two of them you have already listed, that is using different Property Patterns and different Create User forms. The third one is to check EmployeeType with a PowerShell script and make the EmployeeNumber property required depending on the value of the EmployeeType property. See the Validate/Modify User Input Using a Script Tutroial. Note, however, that this check will only be performed after the create user request has been submitted.