Changing variable type from int to char to enable trigger

Yes, unfortunately the hardware doesnt support it, ESP8266.

If I did update the sketch, I assume I would need to convert the int to a new character string cloud variable. This then begs the question, in the cloud triggers, am I going to be able to do an integer comparison on the value represented by the character string, to generate the triggers when going over or under a numerical threshold? The device generates a sampled value of a psi sensor, the value is really only a byte, ie from 0 - 150 psi. I want email alerts if it goes over or under thresholds.