Conditions
Page ID: (AU201000)
You use the Conditions page to construct a condition that can later be specified as a property value for the following items on a particular screen (that is, a form in MYOB Acumatica):
- A UI control
- An action, including an auto-run action
- Transition
Page Toolbar
The page toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar.
Condition Properties Dialog Box
This dialog box opens when you click Add New Record on the page toolbar of the Conditions page, or when you click a link of an existing condition in the Condition Name column of the table on the page.
This dialog box shows the rows that make up the condition. You can add new rows and modify existing rows of the conditions that you have created previously.
Element | Description |
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Condition Name |
The name of the condition. |
Append System Condition |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that a predefined condition will be used along with the condition specified in the table. |
System Condition |
The predefined condition that will be used along with the condition specified in the table. This box is available only if you select the Append System Condition check box. |
Operator |
The logical operator to join the system condition specified in the System Condition box and the condition specified in the table in a logical expression. Possible values are And or Or. This box is available only if you select the Append System Condition check box. |
Column | Description |
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Active |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that the row is an active condition. |
Brackets |
The opening bracket or brackets for composing a logical expression with multiple conditions. |
Field Name |
The field to whose value the condition should be applied. |
Condition |
The logical condition that will be applied to the value of the field specified in the Field Name box and the values in the Value and Value 2 fields, if applicable. One of the following logical conditions should be selected:
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From Schema |
A check box that indicates (if selected) that in the Value and Value 2 columns, you can select one of the predefined values of the field selected in the Field Name column (for example, a document type or a document status). |
Value |
The value to be used in the selected condition. You can select a field, or you can click the Edit button to open the Formula Editor dialog box and create a formula. For the date-related data fields, you can use the date-relative parameters either by selecting the parameter in the Calendar dialog box (if the field is based on a schema field and the From Schema check box is selected) or by using the date-relative parameter in a formula (if the field is not based on a schema field and you use the formula editor). The following date-relative parameters are available:
Tip: All the date-relative parameters use the date (in UTC) of the
server used to run the MYOB Acumatica instance as the
current date.
Additionally, you can modify the date-relative parameters by adding or subtracting integers. The unit of measure of the parameter is determined automatically and the reference point is moved according to the measurement of the parameter—for example, @WeekStart+1 relate to the start of the next week. You can use the following company-related parameters to filter records or show values that depend on a branch or a company selected by a user in the Company and Branch Selection menu:
You can also use the following user-relative parameters for the workgroup-related data fields with the Is In or Is Not In condition:
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Value 2 |
The second value to be used, if the selected condition requires another value. You select a field, or you click the Edit button to open the Formula Editor dialog box and create a formula. For the date-related data fields that are not based on a schema field (that is, the From Schema check box is cleared), you can use one of the date-relative parameters, as described in the previous description. |
Brackets | The closing bracket or brackets for composing a logical expression with multiple conditions . |
Operator |
The logical operator to join conditions in a logical expression, which can be And or Or. |
Button | Description |
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OK |
Adds the condition to the list of conditions on the page or updates the existing condition; closes the dialog box. |
Cancel |
Closes the dialog box without making any changes. |
Table
The table on the page displays the conditions added in the predefined workflow and the conditions that have been added in previous versions of MYOB Acumatica.
Column | Description |
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Condition Name |
The internal name of the condition. When you click the name of the user-defined condition, the Condition Properties dialog box is opened, which shows the properties. |
Expression |
The short version of the condition that you have constructed in the table of the Condition Properties dialog box. |
Status |
The status of the condition, which can be one of the following: System Read-Only, Inherited, or New. |
Command | Description |
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Refresh |
Refreshes the data in the table. |
Delete |
Deletes the selected row. |