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Type coercion

Last update: Fri Jan 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Adobe Workfront plan* Pro or higher
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Adobe Workfront Fusion license**

Current license requirement: No Workfront Fusion license requirement.

Or

Legacy license requirement: Workfront Fusion for Work Automation and Integration
Product

Current product requirement: If you have the Select or Prime Adobe Workfront plan, your organization must purchase Adobe Workfront Fusion as well as Adobe Workfront to use functionality described in this article. Workfront Fusion is included in the Ultimate Workfront plan.

Or

Legacy product requirement: Your organization must purchase Adobe Workfront Fusion as well as Adobe Workfront to use functionality described in this article.

To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.

For information about Adobe Workfront Fusion licenses, see Adobe Workfront Fusion licenses.

Type coercion

This document describes how Adobe Workfront Fusion behaves in situations when it receives values in expected and unexpected data formats.

Expected
Received
Description
array
array
The value is handed over unchanged.
array
other
If the received value is not of the array type, Workfront Fusion will create an array and the first (and the only) element will be the received value.
boolean
boolean
The value is handed over unchanged.
boolean
number
The value is converted to logical Yes, even if the value is 0.
boolean
text
If the value is equal to false or the value is empty, it is converted to logical No. If not, it is converted to logical Yes.
boolean
other
The value is converted to logical Yes whenever the received value exists (is not null).
buffer
buffer
The value is handed over unchanged only if the codepage is as expected. If the codepage differs, Workfront Fusion will try to convert the received value to the requested codepage. If this conversion is not supported, Workfront Fusion will return a validation error.
buffer
boolean
The value is converted to text (true/false) and then to binary data following the steps mentioned above for converting to text.
buffer
date
The value is converted to ISO 8601 text and then to binary data following the steps mentioned for converting to text.
buffer
number
The value is converted to text and then to binary data following the steps mentioned above for converting to text.
buffer
text
The value is converted to binary data and encoded as expected. If the expected encoding is not specified, utf8 encoding will be used.
buffer
other
Workfront Fusion returns a validation error.
collection
collection
The value is handed over unchanged.
collection
other
Workfront Fusion returns a validation error.
date
date
The value is handed over unchanged.
date
text

Workfront Fusion will try to convert the text to a date. If the conversion fails, it will return a validation error. Date must contain day, month and year. Date may contain time and time zone. Default time zone is based on your settings. Examples:

2016-06-20T17:26:44.356Z

2016-06-20 19:26:44 GMT+02:00

2016-06-20 19:26+0200

2016-06-20 17:26:44

2016-06-20

2016/06/20 17:26:44

2016/06/20 19:26:44+02:00

2016/06/20 17:26

2016/06/20 5:26 PM

2016/06/20

06/20/2016 17:26:44

06/20/2016 19:26:44+02:00

06/20/2016 17:26

06/20/2016 5:26 PM

06/20/2016

20.6.2016 17:26:44

20.6.2016 19:26:44+02:00

20.6.2016 17:26

20.6.2016

date
other
Workfront Fusion returns a validation error.
number
number
The value is handed over unchanged.
number
text
Workfront Fusion will try to convert the text to a number. If the conversion fails, it will return a validation error.
number
other
Workfront Fusion returns a validation error.
text
text
The value is handed over unchanged.
text
array
If the given array supports conversion to text, the value will be converted. If not, Workfront Fusion will return a validation error.
text
boolean
The value is converted to text (true/false).
text
buffer
If text encoding is specified for binary data, the value will be converted to text. If not, Workfront Fusion will return a validation error.
text
date
The value is converted to ISO 8601 text.
text
number
The value is converted to text.
text
other
Workfront Fusion returns a validation error.
time
time
The value is handed over unchanged.
time
text
Workfront Fusion will try to convert time to the hours:minutes:seconds format. If the conversion fails, it will return a validation error.
time
other
Workfront Fusion returns a validation error.
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