# Expressions in Update Data

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/expressions-in-update-data/9109>\
**Category:** Support, Troubleshooting, & Help\
**Tags:** automations\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/expressions-in-update-data/9109 "2023-08-18T13:11:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mcombs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mcombs](https://community.tulip.co/u/mcombs)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/expressions-in-update-data/9109/1 "2023-08-18T13:11:38Z")

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In regards to the Update Data fields, are there plans to allow the use of expressions similar to the current interface of Tulip?

This would be practical for casting and other advanced programming for raw data coming to Tulip.

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**Author:** ![pete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/pete/32/5653_2.png) [@pete](https://community.tulip.co/u/pete)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/expressions-in-update-data/9109/2 "2023-08-18T21:59:46Z")

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Yes! This is one of the next things we plan to tackle. Was there a specific example that brought up this question?

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**Author:** ![mcombs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mcombs](https://community.tulip.co/u/mcombs)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/expressions-in-update-data/9109/3 "2023-08-21T19:58:35Z")

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In the app we were developing we take in raw data from a Voltage Phidget connected to an Edge MC. My goal was to use the expressions to scale the data

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**Author:** ![pete](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/pete/32/5653_2.png) [@pete](https://community.tulip.co/u/pete)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/expressions-in-update-data/9109/4 "2023-08-25T15:04:58Z")

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Awesome, thanks. That would be a good use case for it 🙂 . Expressions are coming this fall.

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**Author:** ![Pete\_Hartnett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/pete_hartnett/32/3678_2.png) [@Pete\_Hartnett](https://community.tulip.co/u/Pete_Hartnett)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/expressions-in-update-data/9109/5 "2023-09-08T09:50:25Z")

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@mcombs -

A little trick I discovered yesterday may unblock what you need → [Generate a random string - #2](https://community.tulip.co/t/generate-a-random-string/9245/2)

Pete

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**Author:** ![John\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@John\_L](https://community.tulip.co/u/John_L)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/expressions-in-update-data/9109/6 "2023-10-18T14:51:22Z")

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Useful to do type conversions 🙂