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This add-on rule allows you to execute rules added to a sub-question of a repeating table. If you have rules on a sub-question and you don’t want those rules to execute when values are added to the repeating table, you can create an extra column on the repeating table to which you add the rules. Those rules are then executed on step completion, using the Trigger repeating table rule. For example, you want to disable different questions in a repeating table depending on the answer selected in another question, but you don’t want your table to be affected while the rules are executing. In this situation, add a trigger rule on step complete to execute the rules that disable the questions. Trigger repeating table rule configuration

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Title

The first part of the business rule lets you define a title for your rule and select the event on which it operates. The default title is the standard FlowForma rule name; change it by deleting the text and entering your own. In the event field you determine when the rule is executed. For a flow this can occur when the form is loaded, started, or completed. For a step this can occur when the step is started, saved, or completed. For questions it can occur when the question is updated.

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Rule condition(s)

The second part of the business rule lets you set conditions. These are not required, but if entered they control when the rule is executed in relation to other items in the form.

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Rule actions

  • Select repeating table: select the repeating table where you want to apply this rule
  • Select question: select the sub-question where you have the rules to be executed
  • Alternative rendering: when this rule updates a repeating table with many rows or columns, rebuilding the interactive control for every cell can be slow. Check this option to use a lighter rendering path that skips rebuilding each cell’s enhanced control, so large repeating tables update faster. The cells still populate with their values, but display using their basic controls rather than the enhanced versions (for example, formatted number and date pickers)
  • Stop execution: if stop execution is enabled and this rule is executed, no other rules are executed.
  • Enabled: rules aren’t saved to a list like questions and steps are, so if you want to stop a rule executing without deleting it, toggle this option to enable or disable the rule.
  • Enable audit: if checked, a record is added to the audit trail when this rule is executed. This option is available when the Compliance feature pack is activated.