Number and String value in the same input file?

Hi Olav,

By "several different sources" do you mean that your input files contain different data e.g. temperatures, pressures but in the same format?

I assume your field storing the value is of type "Number" and the question is how parse data that has string type as its value? In one of my recent UFL implementations I had to use string-type fields even for numeric values in combination with a PI Point of one of numeric types. Assuming that input values are always numeric, they will be stored in a PI Point successfully. With that being said, if you want to use the same instance/INI file for both types, I would suggest trying using a value field with string type.

Please let us know if that is what you are dealing with!

Hi,

Yes, by several different sources, I mean the files come in from different systems, but all in the same format. I am storing value with type "number". My problem is as you explain, that I now have some new PI tags which have datatype string, and I would like to handle it inside PI UFL if possible without creating a new instance/INI file.

Thanks for the clarification. So as I said before, I would change the Field type to string in the UFL INI file so it can store both number and strings. Then, depending on the target PI Point, it data will be stored with the respective format.

Thanks for the clarification. So as I said before, I would change the Field type to string in the UFL INI file so it can store both number and strings. Then, depending on the target PI Point, it data will be stored with the respective format.