diff --git a/server/pkg/expr/func_num.go b/server/pkg/expr/func_num.go
index fde3a357a..0d24c3a79 100644
--- a/server/pkg/expr/func_num.go
+++ b/server/pkg/expr/func_num.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 
 	"github.com/PaesslerAG/gval"
+	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza/server/pkg/gvalfnc"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ func NumericFunctions() []gval.Language {
 		gval.Function("average", average),
 		gval.Function("random", random),
 		gval.Function("int", toInt64),
+		gval.Function("float", gvalfnc.CastFloat),
 	}
 }