How can i check the duplicate NPD project name?

Question

Dear all,
I would like to know on how i can check the duplicate NPD's project name? I found that some NPD's project is initiate serveral time with the same or semilar name from user name. Supposing the project name was "Smart Pilot". I always found that project may type differently such as "Smart PILOT","smart pilot" or even "Smart Pilots". Supposing i would like to validate all of these name before save by using validation framework, or custom validation. Is it possible?
Supposing it was possible, can you please guiding me on how?
Thank you so much in advance for all of the answer.
Phaithoon W.

Answer 1

So here is some example code for a quick validator. Note that this uses a hard coded English error message, rather than a translation. If you want to use translations instead, look at some of the examples in the ReferenceImplementations\Validation\SourceCode\ReferenceValidation folder in the Extensibility Pack, and review the Validation Training as well (in the ReferenceImplementations\Validation\Documentation folder).
Note that the provided code is for demonstration purposes only and is not supported by Oracle.
The classes:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Xml;
using Xeno.Data.NPD;
using Xeno.Prodika.Application;
using Xeno.Prodika.Services;
using Xeno.Prodika.Validation;
using Xeno.Prodika.Validation.Validators;
namespace Oracle.Agile.PlmProcess.Validation
    public class NPDUniqueProjectNameValidatorFactory : XmlConfigValidatorFactoryBase
        protected override IValidator Create_Internal(XmlNode configNode)
            return new NPDUniqueProjectNameValidator();
    public class NPDUniqueProjectNameValidator : BaseValidator
        private const string sql = @"select 1 as dup from NPDPROJECTML where UPPER(title) = UPPER ('{0}') and FKPROJECT <> '{1}' and LANGID = {2}";
        public override bool Validate(IValidationContext ctx)
            var project = ctx.ValidationTarget as INPDProjectDO;
            bool hasDuplicate = false;
            string sqlToExecute = String.Format(sql, project.ProjectML.Title, project.PKID, UserService.UserContext.User.PreferredLanguage);
            using (IDataReader reader = AppPlatformHelper.DataManager.newQuery().execute(sqlToExecute))
                if (reader.Read())
                    hasDuplicate = true;
            if (hasDuplicate)
                ctx.AddError(String.Format("A project already exists with the name '{0}'.", project.ProjectML.Title));
            return hasDuplicate;
        private IUserService UserService
            get { return AppPlatformHelper.ServiceManager.GetServiceByType<IUserService>(); }
Next, add the following to the ValidationSettings.xml file in config\Extensions:
1. add the validator factory, with a reference name in the config:
<ValidatorFactories>
        <!-- Custom  Validator Factory declaration goes here -->       
        <add key="NPD_CheckProjectNameForDuplicate" value="Class:Oracle.Agile.PlmProcess.Validation.NPDUniqueProjectNameValidatorFactory,ReferenceValidation" />
</ValidatorFactories>
2. Add a rule for NPD project Save event:
<rule type="3202">
            <condition event="save">
                <if type="NPD_CheckProjectNameForDuplicate" require="true" report="true" />
            </condition>
</rule>
Compile the reference example into a dll, and add that dll into web\npd\bin
When you try to save a project with a duplicate name, it should now give you the error message.