getHashValue
A Workflow Engine function that creates a hash value (32-bit integer) from a CEvent or WorkflowContext field value and copies it to a destination field or the source field (if no destination was specified).
This function is available as a feature of the Add-ons v2.5 download and later.
This function is available for event, alert, and Situation workflows.
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Arguments
Workflow Engine function getHashValue takes the following arguments:
Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| yes | string | The CEvent or |
| no | string | Optional destination field to set to the resulting hash value to. If not specified the source is used. |
Example
To hash a description from an event and set custom_info.hashedDescr to the resulting value:
source: descriptiondestination:custom_info.hashedDescr
This appears in the UI as:
{"source":"description","destination":"custom_info.hashedDescr"}The resulting CEvent object would have the following attributes. Note the result is a string and not an integer.
{
...
"custom_info": {
"hashedDescr": "1018360226",
...
},
"description": "This is a plan text description that will be hashed",
...
}