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Updated on 03 Mar 2025
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In the Validations tab, Application Designer can set conditions to control the visibility of a paragraph form control, ensuring it only appears when specific criteria are met.

This dynamic visibility provides a more tailored and responsive user experience by displaying content only when necessary and reducing visual clutter. It triggers conditional actions based on hidden values without user intervention.

Let’s understand this functionality with the following use case.

Use Case

User Persona: Application Designer

Solution

In NovaTech organization, Project Managers have encountered an issue with the Employee Feedback Form where the header "Please specify your technical blockages" is being displayed for all departments.

This header is specifically relevant only to the Information Technology department. However, it is appearing for other departments, such as Human Resources, where it does not apply.

Requirement: The header "Please specify your technical blockages" should only be visible when the employee selects Information Technology from the Tenant drop-down. For all other departments, this header should remain hidden, as it is not relevant to those areas.

To achieve this functionality, Sam can configure the Hidden Validation under the Validations tab of the Employee Feedback Form.

Select the Field as Tenant. Choose the Operator as Equal To and set the Value to Information Technology under Below Conditions Meet.

This configuration will ensure that the "Please specify your technical blockages" header is only displayed when the Tenant is selected as Information Technology.

Validations

In the Validations tab, the Application Designer can set conditions that control whether a paragraph form control is shown or hidden based on configured condition criteria.

Figure: Validations tab - Producer View

To know more about the fields that are available under the Validations tab, see Field Description given below:

Field Description

Field	Description
Validations
Hidden	Select Hidden from the drop-down to hide the control. It ensures that this field must be hidden if it contains any personal information. When the Hidden validation option is selected, the system prompts you to specify the validation criteria. Available options are as follows: Every Time – Select it to hide the paragraph control by default, regardless of any conditions, and cannot be displayed. Example: A required field that’s always mandatory. Below Conditions Meet Select it to display the Paragraph control only when the specified conditions are met. Configure the conditions using the following fields: Field: Displays the fields available for the form. Choose the required field from the drop-down list to which the condition is to be applied. Operator: Displays the valid list of operators based on the selected field. Select the required operator from the drop-down list. Note: The list of the operators varies based on the selected Field type. Value: Select the value for the chosen field, determining when the condition should be triggered.

Field

Description

Validations

Hidden

Select Hidden from the drop-down to hide the control. It ensures that this field must be hidden if it contains any personal information. When the Hidden validation option is selected, the system prompts you to specify the validation criteria. Available options are as follows:

Every Time – Select it to hide the paragraph control by default, regardless of any conditions, and cannot be displayed.
Example: A required field that’s always mandatory.
Below Conditions Meet
Select it to display the Paragraph control only when the specified conditions are met.
Configure the conditions using the following fields:
Field: Displays the fields available for the form. Choose the required field from the drop-down list to which the condition is to be applied.
Operator: Displays the valid list of operators based on the selected field. Select the required operator from the drop-down list. Note: The list of the operators varies based on the selected Field type.
Value: Select the value for the chosen field, determining when the condition should be triggered.

Note
When a Paragraph control is placed inside a panel that includes validations, the validations applied to the Paragraph control will take precedence over the validations configured for the panel.
Example
Consider a form with a panel that has a validation rule requiring a field to be displayed always.
If a Paragraph control inside this panel has its own validation (such as hidden when a specific condition is met).
The validation for the Paragraph will override the panel’s validation and must be met before the form can be submitted.

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