3.4.6. Rules

Administrators can set rules for Accounts to trigger certain events based on conditions of the Accounts. Rules have the following components:

In OfficeClip Accounts, rules are used to allow or restrict access to Accounts when various conditions are met. For example, if the administrator wants all Accounts with a certain company name to be able to be accessed by all users, he/she can set up the condition If field Company Name value is OfficeClip, give Read, Write, Append, Delete access to the All Users role.

  1. Click Contacts from the main toolbar, and then click Accounts from the left toolbar. Then, click Admin on the button bar. Click Ruleson the button bar of the Admin menu.

  2. By default, there are no rules listed. To create a rule, click the Add Rule button. If you want to edit a role, click the icon or to remove a rule completely, click the icon. To run a rule that is not active, click the icon or, to run all existing rules, click the Run All Rules link.

  3. Clicking Add Rule brings up a new window. You can choose to add conditions by clicking the Add link. This will bring up corresponding fields to fill in according to the conditions you need. Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit.

  4. Select the actions by checking the box. If certain conditions are met, you can give Read, Write, Append, and/or Delete access of the Accounts meeting these conditions by selecting the Rule from the drop down list. Click Next to continue, Previous to go back to the previous screen, or Cancel to exit.

  5. Give a name to the rule. The Enabled check box is automatically selected, which means the rule will be active. To make the rule inactive, uncheck the box. Click Save Rule when finished, Previous to go back or Cancel to exit without saving the rule.

See Also:

Icons

Fixed Fields

User-Defined Fields

Child Objects

Rename Sections

Position Fields

Relationships