<table style="minWidth: 50px"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Purpose</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Establish inputted value as a data type</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Parameters</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>1 Target Type, 1 Value</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Returns</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Target Type Value</p></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 id="seeprmberc2" data-toc-id="seeprmberc2">Description</h1><p>The expression changes the data type of the value in the Value field to match the type you selected in the Target Type field.</p><img data-width="50%" data-align="right" data-featurebase-content-key="64d3d3062f8f6e8a3e58f79b/article/6813285872013c1248168b86/01968ad5-c9a6-7ce4-b809-656ee8e74314/b64u-aW1hZ2UucG5n.png" data-featurebase-content-filename="image.png" src="https://64d3d3062f8f6e8a3e58f79b.featurebase-attachments.com/c/article/6813285872013c1248168b86/01968ad5-c9a6-7ce4-b809-656ee8e74314/b64u-aW1hZ2UucG5n.png?X-Amz-Expires=3600&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260203T070000Z&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=DO801TYC4FCVNNEKURKM%2F20260203%2Ffra1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Signature=5efede05ce9654aa1625983de913c3990d21284c2abf2fad2b1efb2508eb2840"><img data-width="50%" data-align="right" data-featurebase-content-key="64d3d3062f8f6e8a3e58f79b/article/6813285872013c1248168b86/01968ad5-c9af-7231-b6d0-1b7638a08ffb/b64u-aW1hZ2UucG5n.png" data-featurebase-content-filename="image.png" src="https://64d3d3062f8f6e8a3e58f79b.featurebase-attachments.com/c/article/6813285872013c1248168b86/01968ad5-c9af-7231-b6d0-1b7638a08ffb/b64u-aW1hZ2UucG5n.png?X-Amz-Expires=3600&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260203T070000Z&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=DO801TYC4FCVNNEKURKM%2F20260203%2Ffra1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Signature=7bf9c7888d6e29ede99c29aae3c13457962c60c2227819fd992f0aa05c9fb5ba"><h1 id="1pcmz7bdict" data-toc-id="1pcmz7bdict">Comments</h1><p>This expression performs a cast on the value - it will not convert the value provided into the new Data Type version but will only set the data type of the returned value. This is useful when you need to make sure the data is in the correct format for calculations, comparisons, or other operations.</p><h1 id="tdq07kdyxq1" data-toc-id="tdq07kdyxq1">Resources</h1><p>Additional resources supporting working with types and converting between them</p><ul><li><p><a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_conversion">Wikipedia - type conversion</a> - wikipedia’s article on casting types</p></li><li><p><a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://www.w3schools.com/Js/js_type_conversion.asp">W3Schools - JavaScript type conversion</a> - introduction to type conversion</p></li><li><p><a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Type_Conversion">MDM - type conversion</a> - MSM typical developer reference material</p></li></ul><p></p><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><p style="text-align: right">v3.0</p><p></p>

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Purpose	Establish inputted value as a data type
Parameters	1 Target Type, 1 Value
Returns	Target Type Value