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What is the new Custom Data Rule feature?

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The March release mentions a new feature called - Custom Data Rules. How do I add a new custom data rule? I could not find any instructions on how to implement a Custom Data Rule. Thank for any help
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    • LinhTran
    • Quickbase Staff
    • March 25, 2019
    Hi, we'll be publishing our help topic on Custom Data Rules today. We'll post a link here.
    It's under Advanced settings for the table.  What is not obvious from the existing help text is that this is a formula text field which calculates an error message.  To be valid, the error message must be blank, ie no news is good news and the record will save, else it will block the save and display your calculated error message.
    The help topic has been posted here: https://help.quickbase.com/user-assistance/custom_data_rules.html
    Thx Laura,

    Can I suggest that your documentation team consider explicitly saying that the formula must calculate to blank for the record to save and then if not blank the calculated text will display to the user and the save will be blocked. 

    The help does not explicitly say that, and it sure confused me when I tested it in Early Access.  I had to put in a support ticket before I got it.
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