Validation Rules (Business Rules) documentation

Hello.
Can anyone share documentation on Validation Rules (business rules!!!)? I looked through How-Tos and help.sap.com but there no details on how validation rules work.
Thank you.

Resolved.
correcting the code below
*RUN_PROGRAM VALIDATION
//CATEGORY = %CATEGORY_SET%
CURRENCY = %GROUPS_SET%
TID_RA=%TIME_SET%
OTHER=[ENTITY=%ENTITY_SET}
*ENDRUN_PROGRAM
to
*RUN_PROGRAM VALIDATION
//CATEGORY = %CATEGORY_SET%
CURRENCY = %GROUPS_SET%
TID_RA=%TIME_SET%
OTHER=[ENTITY=%ENTITY_SET%]
*ENDRUN_PROGRAM

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import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
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new Employee("Beverly Harris", "222-22-2222"),
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new Employee("Jim Davidson", "444-44-4444")
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resultList.add(employees[i]);
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resultList.add(employees[i]);
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<var-value>5</var-value>
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import org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm;
public class SearchForm extends ValidatorForm
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private String ssNum = null;
private List results = null;
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this.name = name;
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
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import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;
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import java.util.ArrayList;
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source such as a database. */
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new Employee("Bob Davidson", "123-45-6789"),
new Employee("Mary Williams", "987-65-4321"),
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new Employee("Beverly Harris", "222-22-2222"),
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new Employee("Jim Davidson", "444-44-4444")
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public ArrayList searchByName(String name) {
ArrayList resultList = new ArrayList();
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pperCase()) != -1) {
resultList.add(employees[i]);
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ArrayList resultList = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < employees.length; i++) {
if (employees[i].getSsNum().equals(ssNum)) {
resultList.add(employees[i]);
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<br> File Name : <b> Employee.java </b>
package com.solversa;
public class Employee
     private String name;
     private String ssNum;
     public Employee(String name, String ssNum) {
     this.name = name;
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     public String getName() {
     return name;
     public void setSsNum(String ssNum) {
     this.ssNum = ssNum;
     public String getSsNum() {
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Not able to prompt errors.
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Your error message are not displaying because u does not made Message-Resoucrce property file (Resource Bundle) when you make it .
give it entry in
struts-config.xml
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Also we could see in the Expression after lookup substitution (scratch pad): we are getting 0-0=0.
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I have not looked closely, but C1 is showing as "Missing Value". Have you checked to see if [None] is a valid member for the account you have selected (TotalLiabilities)?

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