There are multiple jobs in the Workflow Engine that can make use of comparison operators, the most commonly used being “Route from metadata” or the filters in the operations jobs.
We have listed the different operators and how they can be used below.
| Operator | Comparison true if |
| == | Left side equals right side (case sensitive) |
| < | Left side is less than right side |
| <= =< | Left side is less than or equals right side |
| > | Left side is greater than right side |
| >= => | Left side is greater than or equals right side |
| between | Left side can be found between two values, i.e. “b” can be found between “a;c”. |
| !between notbetween | Left side can not be found between two values, i.e. “a” cannot be found between “b;c”. |
| betweennumber | Left side can be found between two numeric values, i.e. “2” can be found between “1;3”. |
| !betweennumber notbetweennumber | Left side can not be found between two numeric values, i.e. “1” cannot be found between “2;3”. |
| isin is in | Left side is in a string separated by “,” or “;”. Only works for numbers. |
| notin isnotin | Left side is not in a string separated by “,” or “;”. Only works for numbers. |
| before | Left side is before right side. Requires date time in both values. |
| after | Left side is after right side. Requires date time in both values. |
| startswith startswithcase | Left side starts with the value from right side. Case sensitivity is enabled by adding “case”. |
| !startswith !startswithcase | Left side does not starts with the value from right side. Case sensitivity is enabled by adding “case”. |
| endswith endswithcase | Left side ends with the value from right side. Case sensitivity is enabled by adding “case”. |
| !endswith !endswithcase | Left side does not end with the value from right side. Case sensitivity is enabled by adding “case”. |
| contains containscase | Left side contains the value from right side. Case sensitivity is enabled by adding “case”. |
| !contains !containscase | Left side does not contain the value from right side. Case sensitivity is enabled by adding “case”. |
| empty | Left side is empty. Does not require a value on right side. |
| !empty | Left side is not empty. Does not require a value on right side. |
| length | Left side contains X amount of characters, X defined by right side. |
| length< | Left side contains less than X amount of characters, X defined by right side. |
| length> | Left side contains more than X amount of characters, X defined by right side. |
| regex | Left side matches the regex on the right side. |