The VALUE() function can be used in a variety of ways to get variable values.

Usage:

VALUE(variable, options) - see below for description.

VALUE('INC1_AE') - get the value of the current device's variable named INC1_AE. Make sure to put variable names in single quotes if they contain spaces.

Device - Specific Variables For variables with spaces in the name, use single quotes. VALUE('My Variable') For device specific variables use a . to separate the device name: VALUE('My Device.My Value') You can also use VALUE('user_field1') to access the user defined field. The following functions take two parameters. The first parameter is the variable reference, as described above. The second parameter, [period] is a number between 0 and 7 with the following meaning: 0 - latest value 1 - since midnight 2 - this week 3 - this month 4 - this year 5 - selected period 7 - last entry in period (only for VALUE function)