Data Server: Why do my '>' and '<' triggers fail to work properly sometimes?
Topic
Environment
Product: Data Server
Components: Automated data triggers
Control System:
Steps
Nearly all DID3s are generated from ITFs and therefore every data field's 'type' is considered a string instead of a number.
Strings are compared alphabetically starting with the left-most character.
For numbers: 2 > 1 and 2 < 12
But for strings: "2" > "1" and "2" > "12"
The DID representing the data being triggered can be manually modified from a string to an integer if we know the data will always be of a certain type prior to importing it into Data Server. But care must be taken because often times numeric ERTD data can be output as blank spaces which cannot be converted to an integer. Even jersey numbers might have things like "00" or "TM".
Care should also be taken to remember what DIDs were modified in case re-installation/re-imaging occurs so the modified DID can be recovered. If the non-typed DID is used, existing triggers may fail to load because an unexpected type was found.
Note: The custom DID should only be imported into Data Server for triggering purposes… the normal DID should be used for content creation in Content Studio.
KB ID: 000019768
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