Automation Workshop includes the If Action that allows conditional branching in a Task . Depending on whether or not the specified conditions are met, the Task may continue with one or another set of Actions. Typically a variable is compared against some fixed value or another variable using Variable Wizard .
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Note
All examples below uses Auto detect comparing option which intelligently recognizes the provided data format be it number or text with ignoring case setting.
is equal
If
Compare
Value
Result
Automate
Is equal
automate
true
Automate
Is equal
automating
false
Automate
Is not equal
automation
true
Automate
Is not equal
automate
false
is greater than
If
Compare
Value
Result
abc
Is greater than
abb
true
96
Is greater than
100
false
1000
Is not greater than
1024
true
B
Is not greater than
A
false
is greater than or equal to
If
Compare
Value
Result
1001
Is greater than or equal to
999
true
100
Is greater than or equal to
1000
false
inv-0021.pdf
Is not greater than and is not equal to
inv-0023.pdf
true
Document-100
Is not greater than and is not equal to
Document-090
false
is less than
If
Compare
Value
Result
64
Is less than
2000
true
B
Is less than
A
false
i2021.docx
Is not less than
i2020.docx
true
350
Is not less than
500
false
is less than or equal to
If
Compare
Value
Result
500
Is less than or equal to
1000
true
-200
Is less than or equal to
-250
false
docu-200
Is not less than and is not equal to
docu-150
true
2000
Is not less than and is not equal to
2000
false
starts with
If
Compare
Value
Result
Automate
Starts with
auto
true
Automate
Starts with
tom
false
Automate
Does not starts with
autos
true
Automate
Does not starts with
Auto
false
contains
If
Compare
Value
Result
Automate
Contains
tom
true
Automate
Contains
Backup
false
Automate
Does not contain
Y
true
Automate
Does not contain
M
false
ends with
If
Compare
Value
Result
Automate
Ends with
mate
true
Automate
Ends with
mat
false
Automate
Does not ends with
auto
true
Automate
Does not ends with
ate
false
is longer than
If
Compare
Value
Result
Automate
Is longer than
5
true
Automate
Is longer than
10
false
Automate
Is not longer than
100
true
Automate
Is not longer than
7
false
length is equal to
If
Compare
Value
Result
Automate
Length is equal to
8
true
SFTP
Length is equal to
5
false
Folder
Length is not equal to
9
true
Real-time
Length is not equal to
9
false
is shorter than
If
Compare
Value
Result
Text
Is shorter than
5
true
Data
Is shorter than
4
false
Automate
Is not shorter than
7
true
Task
Is not shorter than
10
false
is empty
If
Compare
Value
Result
None
Is empty
-
true
Doc-2021.docx
Is empty
-
false
123
Is not empty
-
true
None
Is not empty
-
false
matches regular expression
If
Compare
Value
Result
b7355
Matches regular expression
[a-z]\d\d\d\d
true
7355b
Matches regular expression
[a-z]\d\d\d\d
false
mail@gmail.us
Does not match regular expression
.*@gmail.com
true
mail@gmail.com
Does not match regular expression
.*@gmail.com
false
contains regular expression
If
Compare
Value
Result
On "2020-1-17"
Contains regular expression
\d{4}-\d+-\d+
true
On "1-17-2020"
Contains regular expression
\d{4}-\d+-\d+
false
Sum $99.00
Does not contain regular expression
[€£¥]\d+
true
Sum €89.00
Does not contain regular expression
[€£¥]\d+
false
contain only these characters
If
Compare
Value
Result
A417
Contain only these characters
0123456789AB
true
127-B
Contain only these characters
12345-ABC
false
c:\file.txt
Does not contain any of these characters
"/?*<>|
true
User@John
Does not contain any of these characters
!#@_
false
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