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Field level requirements Click on Setup. Go to Quick Find and enter Object. Choose the object. Under the Custom Fields & Relationships, select the custom field that you will make required. Click on Edit and under the General Options section select Required. Click on Save.

I think you should do two things: Set the column to NOT NULL to force the input of a value. Use a trigger to validate the values. Within the trigger you can cancel the operation if the desired column does not fulfill a required condition (for example, having zero-length).

There are two basic ways that you can require a value in a field in an Access table: Set the field's Required property to Yes You can do this by opening the table in Design view. ... Use a data-definition query that creates a non-null index on the field You can do this by using SQL view.

Use asterisks to indicate required fields? Another common approach seen in forms is to mark the mandatory fields with an asterisk and not mark the optional fields. While an asterisk to the left of the label makes it easy to see, it assumes a user understands what this means.

Make a field mandatory. Change the field label or hint. Delete a field from a table. Add users to a watch list. Configure email notifications for watch lists. Hide email addresses in a watch list. ... Highlight list fields. Modify string field length. Specify a default field value. Make a field dependent.

In the Add Field/ Edit Field overlay, you can check the Make this field as required checkbox to make the field mandatory.

A distinctive sign (?*? symbol, ?mandatory? mention, etc.) must be provided in the label of each mandatory field. If a symbol is used to declare mandatory fields, a statement placed at the beginning of the form must indicate that the symbol stands for a mandatory field.