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Set Mandatory Field Article Feature

The Set Mandatory Field Article feature simplifies your data management process. It ensures that essential fields are filled out before submission, streamlining your workflow and enhancing data accuracy.

Key Features

Easily define mandatory fields based on your specific requirements
Automatically validate data input before submission
User-friendly interface for quick configuration
Seamless integration with existing systems
Real-time feedback for users on incomplete forms

Potential Use Cases and Benefits

Ideal for businesses that require compliance with data regulations
Useful in forms where complete information is critical, such as customer onboarding
Enhances team collaboration by reducing errors in data entry
Increases user satisfaction by minimizing frustration with incomplete submissions

This feature addresses the common problem of missing information, which can lead to delays and costly errors. By making key fields mandatory, you encourage users to provide complete data. Thus, you gain accurate insights, improve decision-making, and streamline your operations.

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Provide the required text in the label. Provide a graphic * image in the label with appropriate alt text. Providing a star (asterisk) symbol. Use of color to identify if a form control is required. Providing HTML5 and ARIA required attributes.
Most designers use asterisks to indicate the required fields. But it is necessary to stop, the research on the subject is clear, and it is already the case for quite some time, used asterisks for the required field is a common mistake.
”Field is required” is a flag that has absolutely nothing to do with screens. You either need to remove the flag in the field configuration, making it optional, or you need to add the field to the screen, so the user can obey the mandatory rule you've set.
Mandatory fields are questions that must be answered before the form can be submitted. Mandatory fields are also called compulsory or required fields. The opposite of a mandatory field is an optional field. Optional fields are also sometimes called voluntary fields.
Asterisk (*) next to a form control's label usually indicates it as “required”.
Make a field mandatory. Change the field label or hint. Delete a field from a table. Add users to a watch list. Configure email notifications for watch lists. Hide email addresses in a watch list. Highlight list fields. Modify string field length. Specify a default field value. Make a field dependent.
Required fields are marked with a red asterisk next to the field label. There's no way to change the color of the asterisk.

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