Conditional Field Load within Script

[#1]

Hi Community,

I have a quick question, which someone on here is bound to be able to answer.

I am currently attempting to set up a load condition within the script, which only attempts to load a specific field in from a CSV if the value of a variable is over a certain value.

Unfortunately, the logic does not seem to work. The line in question is something basic such as:

if('$(FEEDLEVEL)' > '3.1',[Job Number],'??') as JobNumber

Where FEEDLEVEL equals a decimal number.

The purpose of this condition is that we have a number of different feed levels. In some feeds, the field 'Job Number' will be present; and in some it won't be.

When I attempt to run a reload on the script with the above defined and the FEEDLEVEL variable set to '3.1', I get an error "Field not found - <Job Number>".

I have also tried the below, but the script still complains about not being able to find 'Job Number', even when the value of FEEDLEVEL is set to something like '2':

if(wildmatch('$(FEEDLEVEL)','1*','2*','3.1'),'??', [Job Number]) as JobNumber

Please can somebody help me on this. Hopefully I've explained things ok.

Thanks

Jacob

[brenner_martina]

Hi, Jacob,

why do you work with strings? It is better using numbers. If necessary you can use the function Num#() to interpret the numbers.

In Load-Statement:

If(FEEDLEVEL>3.1,[Job Numer],'??') As JobNumber

but if you want to load only some data use this:

Load [Job Number] As JobNumber,

     ...

From tablename.csv (...)

Where FEEDLEVEL>3.1;

[erichshiino]

Hi, Jacob

is [Job Number] part of your original table? I`m asking because after this you rename it to JobNumber

Maybe your syntax would be like this:

if('$(FEEDLEVEL)' > '3.1',JobNumber,'??') as JobNumber

And then you can apply Martina`s recommendation about number comparison

Rgds,

Erich

[#4]

Hi Brenner and Erich. Thanks for your replies.

The reason that I used this syntax is that when declaring FEEDLEVEL as you suggest, the script interprets this as a field within the csv.

I have also tried using Num# as you suggest to convert the string to a number. This doesn't work either. This field needs to be loaded in conditionally within the main table load to elimate issues with indexing.

Erich, in answer to your question [Job Number] is a field within a csv, which can be present or not depending on the level of feed that we are using. If we are using a feed level where [Job Number] does not appear in the csv, we want to ignore it (i.e. populate that field with '??'); otherwise, we want it adding to the table.

[Job Number] is not loaded into a table prior to this.

Thanks again,

Jacob

[#5 · Accepted solution]

Right, for anyone out there that might wish to do something similar, the solution is very simple. Declare a new String variable for the desired field, which will be instantiated with either value based on the appropriate condition.

For example:

if '$(FEEDLEVEL)' > '3.1' then

     set JobNumber = "[Job Number]";

else

     set JobNumber = "'??'";

end if

LOAD ...

     $(JobNumber) as JobNumber

FROM ...

[tejes]

Hi, 

Do we need to set this if condition before the load statement or inside the load statement