Validating User Defined Fields on the OIM User Object

Hello everyone,
I'm currently using the OIM 11g, and am curious how to provide data validation for user defined fields.
We currently have two user-defined fields for day of birth and month of birth, which have been set to required, but I would like to take this a step further and actually validate that the data being entered is numerical (two characters max), and if it's not, a red box appears around the field notifying the admin that the entry needs to fit the expected criteria.
One example already in OIM is that of the email field. It appears to be using a regex to identify that data entered is of a certain format.
Can anyone here point me in the direction of some proper documentation so that I may learn how to incorporate this into my environment? Thanks!

Hi Kate,
The only way to do it, is with Form Settings. Do not give them authorisations on Form Settings. You can then untick the "Active" tick box on certain fields and tick it on others. This can then be done, when you log on as the user him/herself.
Regards
Carin

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