Checking prior and current values in validation rules

[DamienUKCEH]

hi all

am trying to create validation rules that force business process
what am trying to do is check that devices and Vms have a state of planned before going active

how can I check that the prior status was set to "Planned " ?

[DamienUKCEH]

has notbody else tryied mapping a business process into valudation rules to enforce a work flow ?

[DamienUKCEH]

@cruse1977 is there any documentation on how to implement what would be triggers on in SQL land ?

[cruse1977]

Hi, You may be able to do this via a custom validator and using the instance._prechange_snapshot field to check the value of status pre the change being applied.