If Then Else vs. Switch/Case Action… why does one work and the does not?

[rcraighead]

Keyboard Maestro 8.2 “Group” Action

This is a portion of a macro. I've set a variable "Product" and want to open file based on the variable. Since I'll have a long list of possibilities I thought "Switch" action would be better, but only the "If Then" seems to work in this simple test. Is there an obvious reason?

Group.kmactions (4.2 KB)

[JMichaelTX]

@rcraighead

Since I’ll have a long list of possibilities I thought “Switch” action would be better, but only the “If Then” seems to work in this simple test. Is there an obvious reason?

Switch should work just like IF/THEN when doing a compare. I don't see anything obvious, so the issue must be in the data.

Try something simple:

1. Copy/Paste the criteria from the IF/THEN to the Switch
2. Set the Product variable in a Set Variable to Text Action.
3. Replace the open file with a simple Notification
4. Enable both IF/THEN and Switch Actions
5. Step through this using the Debugger.