You may view, create, modify, or delete the qualifier information for a rule on the Qualifier tab of the respective Rules screen of an object definition ().
Qualifier Tab on Rule Screens
The following table describes the items in the Qualifier tab in Rule screens.
Field
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Description
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Use Automated Qualifier file
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Select this option to use a Java class or JavaScript file as the rule's qualifier. When this option is selected, the screen displays a drop-down list labeled Use this Automated Qualifier, where you may select the appropriate Java or JavaScript rule qualifier. For details about automated qualifiers, see Writing Automated Qualifiers for Rules.
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Use Qualifier defined below
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Select this option if you want to use the user interface to define the qualifier conditions and logic.
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Left Argument
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Allows you to create a path to the attribute that you want to use in the qualifier condition.
Select whether you want to create a path to an attribute that is associated with the Current Object or the Current User:
•Select Current Object if you want to use a field in TeamConnect as a qualifier (for example, the Current Phase of the record that the user is attempting to update). •Select Current User if you want the rule to check the identity of the current user working with a record (for example, to verify that the user who is attempting the operation is a member of a specified group). Click the Navigator  icon to open Object Navigator, the tool for creating paths in TeamConnect, and edit the path displayed in the Attribute field, if appropriate. To create a path, you must understand the object model as described in Object Model: Read This First and in the additional tables it points to.
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reset
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Clears the path that appears in the Object Navigator field. This button appears after an option has been selected from the drop-down list in the Left Argument.
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Operator
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Select the appropriate operator settings for the qualifier condition. For details, see Available Operators in Qualifier Items.
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Right Argument
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Select the attribute, literal value, or other setting that you want to compare to the attribute that you selected for the left argument. For details, see Right Argument Options in Qualifier Items.
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Qualifier Item List
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Displays a list of qualifier items that have been added to the rule. These are the conditions used by the rule, in combination with the logic that you specify, to determine whether to prevent the operation that is being attempted, or whether the rule's action must be run.
Select or clear the corresponding check-boxes to edit or delete qualifier items.
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Run the rule action when
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Select how you want the defined qualifier items to be evaluated by the rule. For details, see Qualifier Logic.
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