Repeating Rule

The Repeating Rule element provides a graphical representation of the 'dynamiclist' expression and creates a new list by evaluating an expression on each item in an existing list. Other palette elements, for example, Rule Reference can be added to the empty list of the Repeating Rule element. Other palette elements, for example, Sum or Choose can be added to the empty member (listitemexpression) of the Repeating Rule element. The Repeating Rule element can be added to other palette elements, for example, And Rule Group, Or Rule Group or When.

Properties:

The following table lists specific properties items for this element:

Table 1. Repeating Rule properties items
Name Description
Single Item Only one item returned from the element. This is visible in the Technical Tab.
Behavior when no items found Return either one of these results (error, return null) when no items found. This is active when the 'Single Item' is checked.
Behavior when no items found Return either one of these results (error, return null) when no items found. This is active when the 'Single Item' is checked.

Pop-up menu:

The following table lists specific pop-up menu items for this element:

Table 2. Repeating Rule Pop-up Menus items
Name Description
Remove Duplicates Remove duplicate items in the Repeating Rule element.
Concatenate Results Concatenate the items in the Repeating Rule element.
Join Inner Lists Join the lists together to make one list.
Succeed On Any Wrap the Repeating Rule element in the Any.
Succeed On All Wrap the Repeating Rule element in the All.
Sum Items Sum up a list of numbers.