Form Errors

A form error is a hard stop that cannot be bypassed or approved. It must be fixed before the data can be saved or processed. Of all types of error messages, the form error is the most significant.

A form error is an error triggered when required information is not entered or when information entered on an input window does not conform to data integrity rules. A form error prevents transactions from being processed until the data issue has been resolved.

Examples of form errors include:

• A required field is empty.
• A user enters an invalid year format. For example, a user may enter 211 as the year rather than 2011.