DEFAULT

Allows you to specify a fallback in case a value doesn’t exist.

Returns the fallback value if the input is null, false, or an empty text value, array, or object.

Syntax 

DEFAULT(value, fallback1, fallback2, ...)

Usage examples 

Example 1

Input

1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": []
4
}
5
}

Formula

DEFAULT(my_action.message, "fallback")

Output

"fallback"

Example 2

Input

1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": [
4
1
5
]
6
}
7
}

Formula

DEFAULT(my_action.message, "fallback")

Output

1
[
2
1
3
]

Example 3

Input

1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": ""
4
}
5
}

Formula

DEFAULT(my_action.message, "fallback")

Output

"fallback"

Example 4

Input

1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": "hello world"
4
}
5
}

Formula

DEFAULT(my_action.message, "fallback")

Output

"hello world"

Example 5

Input

1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": "hello world"
4
}
5
}

Formula

DEFAULT(my_action.does_not_exist, "fallback")

Output

"fallback"

Example 6

Input

1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": false
4
}
5
}

Formula

DEFAULT(my_action.message, "fallback")

Output

"fallback"

Example 7

Input

1
{
2
"my_action": {
3
"message": [],
4
"fallback": ""
5
}
6
}

Formula

DEFAULT(my_action.message, my_action.fallback, "fallback")

Output

"fallback"

Sample Actions 

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