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salvatoreovlassalvatoreovlas 

Empty queries returning all the values

Hi all,

if I put the Id of an object to a variable and then use that variable to query another object with another lookup I get that if by chance the first variable is empty the result will be some random value from the database.

So How to prevent this happening? any Ideas?

Ciao.

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RajaramRajaram

Make your filter to include id not equals $GlobalConstant.emptyString that will ensure the record lookup will result in no records found (false status).

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salvatoreovlassalvatoreovlas

Thank you RKDT,

yeah that's a possible solution and I thought about it too to be honest , but I'm still wondering how to use the global constant empty string properly to do that as well as it could be simpler.

Eventually another possible solution I found is to use a formula which calculates the length of the string and then compare that value if equals to zero in a decision step.....but still dont understand how to use the $GlobalConstant.EmptyString (assign it to a text variable) and to compare that one to the variable I need!

what do u think about it?
RajaramRajaram

Make your filter to include id not equals $GlobalConstant.emptyString that will ensure the record lookup will result in no records found (false status).

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salvatoreovlassalvatoreovlas

Thank you Rajaram!!!!

Didnt think about it and that's the simplest solution!!!U' re great!!!