A system administrator must configure the Astoria application to support Multiple Effectivity for conditional processing.
Important: Astoria can be configured to support either Effectivity or Filtering. The two methods cannot be used simultaneously. Configuring for Effectivity disables the Filtering method of conditional processing. See
Features of Filtering, Effectivity, and DITAVAL Methods. Additionally, effectivity processing can be configured to support either Multiple or Single effectivities. The two methods cannot be used simultaneously.
- In the Workbench, navigate to
and select the application document, located in the
Administration cabinet.
- Right-click the document and select .
The application document webform opens for editing.
- Scroll down in the webform and locate the Use Filtering check box.
- Ensure the check box is cleared (not selected).
- To allow multiple effectivity values to be specified, select the Multiple Effectivities check box.
- Enter a string in Separator String to use to separate filter attribute values in a filtering or effectivity list.
Specify the string exactly, including any spaces.
For example, a comma followed by a space (, ).
Once this value is specified and your organization has implemented Multiple Effectivity processing, you should not change the value, because doing so does not change existing filtering strings.
- For Exclusion String, specify the string (or character) to indicate that the effectivity value that follows will exclude the element if the value matches.
For example, an exclamation mark (!).
Once this value is specified and your organization has implemented Multiple Effectivity processing, you should not change the value, because doing so does not change existing filtering strings.
- Scroll to the top (or bottom) of the webform and click Checkin Document.
- When prompted, provide a checkin note indicating what was changed in the webform, then click OK.
The Astoria application is now configured to use Multiple Effectivity for conditional processing.