generating-validation-rule
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when you need to:
- Create validation rules to enforce data quality
- Prevent invalid records from being saved
- Generate validation rule metadata with formulas
- Add business logic validation to objects
- Troubleshoot deployment errors related to validation rules
Specification
ValidationRule Metadata Specification
📋 Overview
Validation Rules are declarative metadata components used to enforce data quality and business logic in Salesforce. They evaluate a formula expression when a record is saved and prevent the save operation if the expression returns TRUE.
🎯 Purpose
-Enforce business rules at the data layer -Prevent invalid or incomplete records from being saved
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