Field Grid

Working with the Field Grid tab.

The Field Grid perspective allows the author to scroll through all data points (DTAs) and identify any invalid rules or missing GDD names/Public names. This is helpful after the PTRs are complete to be able to quickly scroll through all of the PTRs and identify possible validation issues. Potentially invalid rules will be highlighted in yellow, but note that some rules that will not validate in the field grid are actually valid rules. The Outline Editor perspective is much more accurate for validating PTRs.

The following features are displayed in the Field Grid:

Rule Type	Allows you to filter the Field Grid by type. Example: Entering "ITR" in the Rule Type field and selecting Find filters the Field Grid so that only rule names containing "ITR" are displayed. Selecting Reset clears all filter fields.
PTR	Allows you to filter the Field Grid by a text string within the PTR column. Example: Entering "Ethnicity" in the PTR field and selecting Find filters the Field Grid so that rules containing the string "Ethnicity" within the PTR are displayed. Selecting Reset clears all filter fields.
Rule Name	A unique ID for each data field entered.
Business Logic	A plain English description of the purpose of the data field, or rule. This is not used for EPM content.
Product Technical Rule (PTR)	The PTR represents the processing instructions, or code, that defines the behavior of the rule. This is not used for EPM content.
Developer Notes	Allows you to add internal notes to a PTR. This information is not customer facing and is stripped out when building the document. Special characters ( <, >, &, ', ") and line returns are honored.
Suppress Warnings	When the checkbox is selected, this will allow you to suppress warnings that would come from schema validation during the build process.

If a property is editable, clicking in the desired cell will allow you to edit the content.

Note: When editing a PTR, an alert appears if you enter a value that already exists in the document rules. The alert is simply for notification of a duplicate and the duplicate value is saved regardless.