Product: Mapping Manager

Article Link: http://help.truecommerce.com/en/articles/6666680-mapping-manager-abs-function

The "absolute" function or @ABS() - simply acts like finding the absolute in mathematics - by taking the token or value inputted and converts it into a positive number.

@ABS()

@ABS(Value)
Value: Token or hardcoded value
returns : value (in positive form)

Use

This function is often used to force a value, such as the charge amount into a positive value without having to worry about modifying the value if it already been sent as a positive.

Often times one might try to perform this same task by taking the value and multiplying it by -1 ( i.e : @NUM([T:CHARGE_AMOUNT] * -1)) - however the issue with this is IF the Charge Amount comes in positive, multiply a negative number against it will turn it negative. @ABS() avoid this by ensuring it's always positive

Examples

Always Positive

@ABS([T:Main.Totals.Charge Amount])

Always Negative

Need your value to always be negative? Simply place a negative symbol to the left of your function identifier (@) to force a value to always be negative!

-@ABS([T:Main.Totals.Charge Amount]) //always negative value

rev 10/24/22