This topic contains syntax suggestions and requirements for expressions on numeric fields.
When you create an expression on a numeric field, you must use the exact numeric value that are stored in the database. Some numeric values may be displayed differently than they are stored. For example, numbers may be formatted to display a certain number of decimal places, to include a currency symbol, or to be converted to a different unit of measure (UOM).
To determine how values are stored in the database, run the query in unformatted mode. Then, format numeric values in your query expressions exactly as they are displayed in the unformatted query results.
Unlike character and text field expression values, which require single quotation marks, the actual numeric values that you want to return do not need to be formatted in a particular way in your expression. Specifying the value as it is stored is sufficient to return the expected results. For example, an acceptable way to express that returned records should contain a value of 5 in the Number of Storage Tanks field in the Criticality Analysis family is:
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