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This is a typical view of business rules in a project.

Consult the following table when entering property values:

Property	Description
Command Argument	Specifies a command argument that will allow trigger of business rule when command name is matched.
Command Name	Specifies the command name that will trigger the business rule.
Controller	Specifies the controller that the business rule belongs to.
ID	Specifies the unique identifier of the business rule.
Name	Specifies a name for the rule.
Phase	Specifies which phase the rule will be executed in.
Script	Specifies the script of the rule.
Type	Specifies the implementation type. SQL, C# / Visual Basic, and Email business rules are executed on the server. JavaScript business rules are executed in the browser.
View	Specifies the view that the business rule will be triggered on when command name is matched.

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Tools for Excel: Actions

This is a typical view of actions in a project.

Consult the following table when entering property values:

Property	Description
Action Group	The ID of the action group that the action belongs to.
Causes Validation	When Causes Validation is enabled, the form will be validated when the action is activated.
Command Argument	The Command Argument is used to modify the command. For standard Select, Edit, Update commands, specifying a view Id will perform the action in that view. For other actions, the argument can be used as a tag.
Command Name	The Command Name determines the behavior that will occur when the action is activated. If command name is not specified then the action is presented as a break line in the action group popup menu.
Confirmation	When not blank, Confirmation will display a confirmation window with the specified text. It may also used to call a modal form.
Controller	Displays the parent controller.
CSS Class	Specify a CSS class to assign to the action.
Data	Specify Data for the SQL, Report, or or Custom action. Application framework will use this information when processing the action.
Description	The Description will be displayed under the Header Text on actions in a menu on the action bar.
Header Text	The Header Text will be displayed on the action. If not specified, the Command Name will be used.
ID	The unique identifier of the action.
Roles	List roles allowed to execute this action in Roles. Role check is performed on the server and precedes the action conditions.
When Client Script	When Client Script is a JavaScript expression that will display the action if it evaluates to true.
When HRef	When HRef will display the action when the specified regular expression matches the page URL. If you would like to have a negative match then put "false:" without double quotes in front of the expression.
When Key Selected	If When Key Selected is enabled, the action will only displayed when a record is selected.
When Last Command Argument	When Last Command Argument will only display the action if the previous action has the specified command argument.
When Last Command Name	When Last Command Name will only display the action if the previous action has the specified command name.
When Tag	When Tag will display the action when the view Tag is matched by the regular expression.
When View	When View will display the action when the regular expression matches the view.

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Tools for Excel: Action Groups

This is a typical view of action groups in a project.

Consult the following table when entering property values:

Property	Description
Controller	The data controller that this action group belongs to.
Flat Rendering	Flat Rendering will display actions as individual items on the action bar. When disabled, they will be rendered in a dropdown menu.
Header Text	The Header Text is displayed when the group is rendered in a menu.
ID	The unique identifier of the action group.
Scope	The Scope determines the location and presentation of the action group. Grid scope actions are displayed in the context menu of a grid. Action Column scope actions are displayed in an action column on a grid. Form scope actions are displayed in the action buttons row of a form. Action Bar scope actions are displayed on the action bar of views of any type. Row scope actions are displayed under a selected row in a grid view.

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