RAND

Returns a random number between 0 and 1. This is useful for probability calculations.

RAND( seed )

Argument	Required/ Optional	Description
seed	Optional	Numeric. Starting value for Informatica Cloud to generate the random number. Value must be a constant. If you do not enter a seed, Informatica Cloud uses the current system time to derive the numbers of seconds since January 1, 1971. It uses this value as the seed.

Numeric.

For the same seed, Informatica Cloud generates the same sequence of numbers.

The following expression may return a value of 0.417022004702574:

RAND (1)