Any to Constant#

The anyToConstant converter receives any kind of an output of a task ignores it and transforms it into a given constant. This is commonly used when for example, one wants to force a Boolean (true or false).

Settings#

Name	Possible Values	Description
type	`Boolean` `String` `Integer` `Long` `Decimal` `Object` `Date`	Result type of the value to output
value		The value that will be output. Will be formatted to the type defined.
dateFormat	`Now` `UTCNow` `Custom`	How the date is built when `type` is `Date`
customDateValue		The date to output when `dateFormat` is `Custom`

Table 1: Settings

Examples#

The input value is always ignored - the output is built entirely from type and value (and dateFormat / customDateValue when type is Date).

The value field in the wizard adapts to the selected type, and the converter converts the stored value to that type at runtime.

`type`	`value`	Output
`Integer`	`12345`	`12345` (`Number`)
`String`	`Hello...`	`Hello...` (`String`)
`Boolean`	`true`	`true` (`Boolean`)
`Boolean`	`NOT true`	`false` - see Boolean conversion note below
`Decimal`	`123.45`	`123.45` (`Number`)
`Object`	`{ "x": 123, "y": true }`	An `Object` whose properties can be accessed downstream as `result.x = 123`, `result.y = true`

Table 2: Examples

Boolean conversion is case-insensitive and trimmed: true, t, yes, y, 1 all yield true; anything else yields false without failing.

When type is Date, the output is driven by dateFormat:

`dateFormat`	`customDateValue`	Output
`Now`	N/A	Current local date/time.
`UTCNow`	N/A	Current UTC date/time as an ISO string.
`Custom`	`2024-08-12T12:00:00Z`	`2024-08-12T12:00:00Z` - passed through as-is, without validation

Table 3: Date Format Examples

Invalid Input#

When the conversion from value to type cannot be done, the converter fails. For what happens to the rest of the chain when a converter fails (the error is logged, reported for monitoring, and the next task does not run), see Converters.

`type`	`value`	Result
`Integer` / `Long`	`abc` (non-numeric)	Fails with `Unable to convert 'abc' to integer`
`Decimal`	`abc` (non-numeric)	Fails with `Unable to convert 'abc' to decimal`
`Object`	`{ invalid }` (bad JSON)	Fails because the value is not valid JSON.

Table 4: Invalid Input

String and Boolean never fail - any value is converted to a string representation or to true/false respectively. Date with dateFormat = Custom does not validate customDateValue, so an invalid date string is passed downstream unchanged.