Alternate states issue

[sifatnabil]

Hi all,

I have an alternate states expression that looks like this:

sum({PriorState<

MARKET_ID=$::MARKET_ID,

MFLAG=$::MFLAG

>}aggr(max(

{PriorState<

MARKET_ID=$::MARKET_ID,

MFLAG=$::MFLAG

>}

TOTAL_AMOUNT),ORDER_ID))

With MARKET_ID, it works fine. But if I add MFLAG, the value becomes 0. I can add other fields and they work, but not MFLAG. I investigated MFLAG and don't see anything wrong with it. It only has 2 values, YES and NO. Any ideas why a single field could stop the expression from working?

[sifatnabil]

bump..

[jonathandienst]

I think you may need to provide a sample to illustrate your problem and to allow for diagnosis. My guess is that MFLAG is not properly associated with the other fields, or is misaligned, so selecting any MFLAG value deselects everything else. But that's just a guess.

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[sifatnabil]

Thanks jontydkpi‌, very useful link. I found the issue was with null values in the fields. After replacing all null values with "N/A", it worked again. Is it common knowledge that alternate states cannot work with null values?

[sunny_talwar]

Is it common knowledge that alternate states cannot work with null values?

I have never heard of this before. I think in general null values are kind of a headache to handle within set analysis. But AFAIK, and I may be I am wrong, I don't think that it has anything to do with the use of alternate state.

[sifatnabil]

I think it matters when you try to retrieve the values from another state, i.e. MFLAG=$::MFLAG - if there are nulls, it behaves strangely. Removing nulls fixed this for me.

[sunny_talwar]

Would you be able to share a small sample where we might be able to see this issue?