Question:

How to make the Dossier Format field (dossier_format__v) required on the Submission Object in Vault?

Answer:

The customer can make this field required by creating a Validation Rule. The steps are below: 

1. Navigate to Admin --> Configuration --> Objects --> Submission --> Validation Rules.
2. Click the Create button.
3. Enter the values in the fields as shown in the screenshot below along with the Validation Expression Not(IsBlank(dossier_format__vr.name__v)).
   
   
   
   
4. Save the changes.

This field can also be made required two other ways:

1. The user can make the field required by setting it required on the object type.
   
   
2. The user can make the field entry criteria from proceeding into another state.
   
   

Related Documentation:

Vault Field Documentation: Configuring Record Validation Rules