Configure variable properties from the Properties of pane
on the Variables tab.
To configure variable properties:
Procedure
- Click the Name field and enter a
name for the variable.
- Click the Data Type field and select
a Data Type from the list. In addition to the default Data Types listed
below, the list lists the names of the root nodes of the Flat File Schemas,
XML Schemas, and DTD files that have been defined or uploaded into
the project. The following default Data Types are listed in the menu:
- DateTime: a date and time stored as an XML Schema xs:dateTime
data type
- AnyType: any type of data can be stored in this catch-all
(XML Schema xs:anyType) data type
- String: text characters (primitive)
- Integer: integers (primitive)
- Base64Binary: base64 binary encoded data stored as an XML Schema
xs:base64Binary data type
- Browse for Schema....: use this option to redefine
the schema or schema fragment that the variable is based on
- Optional: Click the Default Value field
and specify a default value for the variable.
- Click the Shared field to specify
to share this variable across orchestration jobs. By default, variables
are not shared (False). To share this variable
across all the orchestration jobs of this type of orchestration, select
the True option from the list. If the Shared field
is set to True, the Process Orchestration
Jobs Sequentially check box becomes automatically selected.
Note: Shared
variables are sometimes used with scheduled orchestrations to maintain
state information for each scheduled invocation of the orchestration
job.