Issue: You want to make a field mandatory on the edit screen, but not required on the create screen, or just make it mandatory on the subpage you have it on.
Resolution: Within the object administration under attributes, there is a global required checkbox in the configuration for the attribute. Within the object administration under views, there is a view required checkbox that will apply to all subpage views that field is on.
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