The create identity form shall not allow spaces in the first name and last name fields

IdentityIQ (IIQ) IIQ Discussion and Questions
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How can I edit the following validation script to ALSO not allow spaces when typing in the first or last name in the this particular form?

  <Field displayName="First Name" helpKey="First name of the user" name="firstname" postBack="true" required="true" type="string">
      <ValidationScript>
        <Source>
        import sailpoint.tools.Util; 
        if (Util.isNotNullOrEmpty(value)) { 
          if (!Character.isUpperCase(value.codePointAt(0))) {
             return "First Name must start with upper case letter";
          } 
        }
        return null;
       </Source>
      </ValidationScript>
    </Field>
    <Field displayName="Middle Name" name="middleName" type="string"/>
    <Field displayName="Last Name" helpKey="Last name of the user" name="lastname" postBack="true" required="true" type="string">
      <ValidationScript>
        <Source>
        import sailpoint.tools.Util; 
        if (Util.isNotNullOrEmpty(value)) { 
          if (!Character.isUpperCase(value.codePointAt(0))) {
             return "Last Name must start with upper case letter";
          } 
        }
        return null;
       </Source>
      </ValidationScript>
    </Field>
2

in your validation script you can add a additional if block to tackle the use case.

if(Character.isWhitespace(value.charAt(0))){
return "Cannot have empty space at the starting of first name";
}
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3

I haven’t worked with Identity forms yet, but maybe a condition like this would be useful?

if(!value.matches("^[A-Z]\\S+")){
    return "First Name must start with an upper case letter and contain no spaces.";
}

It will validate if the first character is uppercase, and no space characters exist afterward. The pattern can be adjusted to match whatever other conditions might be needed.

4

It did not work in the validation script.

Could you please verify the below for the first name is coded correctly?

 <Field displayName="First Name" helpKey="First name of the user" name="firstname" postBack="true" required="true" type="string">
      <ValidationScript>
        <Source>
        import sailpoint.tools.Util; 
        if (Util.isNotNullOrEmpty(value)) { 
          if (!Character.isUpperCase(value.codePointAt(0))) {
             return "First Name must start with upper case letter";
          } 
        }
        return null;
          if(Character.isWhitespace(value.charAt(0))){
						return "Cannot have empty space at the starting of first name";
				}
       </Source>
      </ValidationScript>
    </Field>
5

Anything after “return null” will be ignored since you’re telling the script to end. Just remember the white space condition will only be true if the first character is a space.

<Field displayName="First Name" helpKey="First name of the user" name="firstname" postBack="true" required="true" type="string">
      <ValidationScript>
            <Source>
                  import sailpoint.tools.Util; 
                  if (Util.isNotNullOrEmpty(value)) { 
                        if (!Character.isUpperCase(value.codePointAt(0))) {
                              return "First Name must start with upper case letter";
                        }
                        else if(Character.isWhitespace(value.charAt(0))){
                              return "Cannot have empty space at the starting of first name";
                        }
                  }
                  return null;
             </Source>
      </ValidationScript>
</Field>
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6

Hi @derrickthomasvdot

If you are looking for solution to check space at the beginning of the First Name, you can check @jgruendike’s solution. If you are looking to avoid whitespace in the whole string you can use the below snippet

        import sailpoint.tools.Util;

        if (Util.isNotNullOrEmpty(value)) { 
            if (!Character.isUpperCase(value.codePointAt(0))) {
               return "First Name must start with upper case letter";
            } else if (value.contains(" ")){
                return "First Name cannot have empty space";
            }
          }
          return null;
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