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      Article summary

      The function ecm:coalesce returns the first not null argument from a specified list of arguments.

      Example

      An expression checks specific attributes and a related data set for values. If any of these sources contains data, a personalisation is inserted into a message. Rather than write an ​InsertIf​ statement to check each source, a single expression is used:

      <%InsertIf expression="${ecm:coalesce(user.CustomAttribute['product ID'], group.CustomAttribute['conversion date'], user.relatedAttribute['Purchases'])=='notempty'}%>Text<%/InsertIf%>

      Structure​

      ecm:coalesce(object...)

      Parameters​

      Parameter

      Description

      object

      Specifies the target object to be queried. Additional objects can be added as a list, separated by commas.

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