Same attribute with different prefix-constant values

Cantor, Scott cantor.2 at osu.edu
Tue Mar 17 22:43:36 EDT 2015


On 3/17/15, 10:40 PM, "lalithj" <j_lalith at hotmail.com> wrote:

>Instead of introducing a new attribute in attribute resolve stage, is it
>possible to massage (string manipulation) the above attribute and do some
>string manipulation to replace f with k etc. at Attribute filter stage.

No, filters cannot change data. Even if by some accident they could, they shouldn't.

>I prefer to do pass the same attribute with different value using the
>attributeFilter file without introducing a new variable, 
>
>please let us know what is the best way to achieve it.

The proper way is to define a new attribute.

-- Scott



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