Display Field Filled With 'New Item' when Blank

Question

Hi all,
I am facing a Strange Problem.
When i try to create a Record Via DM, When a DF is Blank and once the record is saved it is being filled with a text called 'New Item'..This is Occuering siometimes when i create and sometimes not.
There is a validation which will not allow to leave it blank, but the validation is not executing properly as the Field is filled with text 'New Item' Some times (Which inturn says it is not NULL)
How to get rid of this issue.
I need this Feild to be DF Because i need to include this field in Email notification.
In production the records will be created via Portal.
I am worried if this will be replicated via Portal!!
Can anyone suggest me..
KR
John

Answer 1

Hi John,
Yes you are correct. When your field is a  display field & if you dont enter data in it while creating record, MDM will add default value "New Item" in it. (even if you create record from Portal same thing will happen)
If you want to write Not Null validation on this field below is the work around:
Enable the Required property for your field in console.
But Required property in console works only when u write validation in Data manager.
The default REQUIRED_FIELDS validation does not work if your required field is also a Display field
You need to write addition condition along with REQUIRED_FIELDS.
When you try to create record without entering data in display field, MDM will add default value "New Item" if field lengh is equal to or more than 8 ( or "New It" if legth is 6 for example)
So copy the value which you will get in ur display field and use it as shown below:-
REQUIRED_FIELDS AND Name < >"New Item" (Here Name is considered as display field) (REQUIRED_FIELDS you need to type in expression window)
Or if you dont want to enable required property Then just add Name <> "New Item" validation in your existing expression (Here Name is considered as display field)
Thanks,
Mahi