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Eval=case not working

stevenbutterwor
Path Finder

Probably a simple one but......my Eval case statement does not seem to work correctly

...| eval operation=case(TagValue >0, "Running", True(), "Off") | table TagValue operation

When the TagValue is 0.00446 I am still getting "Running". Any idea why?

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @stevenbutterworth,

As per condition defined in case, if TagValue is greater than 0 then "Running". And your TagValue is 0.00446 So getting value "Running" is proper. Can you please clear me if I'm wrong..?

bjoernhansen
Path Finder

Would agree on that. Also, for the case shown above, you can simply use if() instead of case() 🙂

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FrankVl
Ultra Champion

Because 0.00446 is larger than 0?

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