# Other Functions
The following function are built-in functions that are not included in other document pages.
# ISNULL
isNull(col)
Returns true if the argument is the null value.
# COALESCE
coalesce(expr1, expr2, ...)
Return the first non-null value. If all expressions are null,return null.
# NEWUUID
newuuid()
Returns a random 16-byte UUID.
# TSTAMP
tstamp()
Returns the current timestamp in milliseconds from 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970.
# EVENT_TIME
event_time()
Returns the int64 timestamp of the current processing event. It may be earlier then the current time due to processing latency.
If it is used in a window rule as aggregate function, it returns the window end time.
# RULE_ID
rule_id()
Returns the ID of the currently matched rule.
# RULE_START
rule_start()
Returns the rule start timestamp in int64 format.
# MQTT
mqtt(topic)
Returns the metadata of the MQTT message. The same as meta function but can only be used when the rule is triggered by MQTT message.
# META
meta(topic)
Returns the meta-data of a specified key. The key could be:
- A standalone key if there is only one source in the form clause, such as
meta(device) - A qualified key to specify the stream, such as
meta(src1.device) - A key to refer to nested field for multi level metadata, such as
meta(src1.reading.device.name). This assumes reading is map structure metadata.
# LAST_HIT_COUNT
last_hit_count()
Returns the number of times the function had been called and passed. The function is usually used to get the accumulated trigger count of a continuous rule. If the function is used in WHERE clause, it will only update the count when the condition is true.
Notice that, this function is not supported in aggregate rule except using in WHEN clause of a sliding window. To get the hit count of an aggregate rule, use last_agg_hit_count instead.
If used in a sliding window trigger condition, the status will be updated only when the trigger condition is met regardless of the rule trigger result.
# LAST_HIT_TIME
last_hit_time()
Returns the int64 timestamp of the last event time the function had been called and passed. The function is usually used to get the last trigger time of a continuous rule. If the function is used in WHERE clause, it will only update the timestamp when the condition is true.
Notice that, this function is not supported in aggregate rule except using in WHEN clause of a sliding window. To get the hit time of an aggregate rule, use last_agg_hit_time instead.
If used in a sliding window trigger condition, the status will be updated only when the trigger condition is met regardless of the rule trigger result.
# WINDOW_START
window_start()
Return the window start timestamp in int64 format. If there is no time window, it returns 0. The window time is aligned with the timestamp notion of the rule. If the rule is using processing time, then the window start timestamp is the processing timestamp. If the rule is using event time, then the window start timestamp is the event timestamp.
# WINDOW_END
window_end()
Return the window end timestamp in int64 format. If there is no time window, it returns 0. The window time is aligned with the timestamp notion of the rule. If the rule is using processing time, then the window end timestamp is the processing timestamp. If the rule is using event time, then the window end timestamp is the event timestamp.
# GET_KEYED_STATE
get_keyed_state(key, dataType, defaultValue)
Return the keyed value in the database. The First parameter is the key, the second is the data type of the value, support bigint, float, string, boolean and datetime. Third is the default value if key does not exist. Default database is sqlite, users can change the database by this configuration.
# DELAY
delay(delayTime, returnVal)
Delay the execution of the rule for a specified time and then return the returnVal. DelayTime is an integer in milliseconds.