This looks like it might be generated workflow. If so, whatever generated it might normally have a field it would put in place of one side of the relation (normally resulting in 'Some Field' = $NULL$), but for whatever reason in these cases it didn't have such a field so harmlessly substituted $NULL$.
-charlie On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Joe D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > It shouldn't harm anything as the system will evaluate it like 1=1 and > return TRUE always on that part of the qualification. > > At worst it would just require a tiny extra micro millisecond to process > that part while evaluating the qualification :-) > > Cheers > > Joe > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa A DLA CTR > INFORMATION > OPERATIONS > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 12:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: $NULL$ = $NULL$? > > They have this as the Run If Qualification on 4 escalations. > > Thanks so much, it looked like a mistake to me, but doesn't look like > it's harming anything. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe D'Souza > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: $NULL$ = $NULL$? > > ** > > I'm guessing its another way to write something that is always TRUE. But > even if that is what it is, it does not make sense why its needed. > > > > If that part of the qualification always returns T, we can have two > possibilities > > T AND T = T which would have been T anyway. > > F AND T = F which would have been F anyway. > > > > So I would think its just some sort of a fat finger during development > that never got noticed because it worked as it was supposed to anyway. > > > > Joe > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa A DLA CTR > INFORMATION OPERATIONS > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: $NULL$ = $NULL$? > > > > We got a hotfix from BMC and the Run If Qualification is: > ('AssetClassId' = "BMC_COMPUTERSYSTEM") AND ($NULL$ = $NULL$) > > > > What does $NULL$ = $NULL$ do? > > > > Lisa Kemes > > Remedy Consultant > > Dev Technology Group > > DLA Office: (717) 770-6437 > > Cell Phone: (717) 602-9460 > > [email protected] > > > > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: > "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
