Description:

This step updates a workflow globals with user defined values.

Usage:

Example:

Let’s build and execute the “updateGlobalDef” example.          

• Create a new definition called “updateGlobalDef”
• Select the definition and click the “design” button
• Drag the above controls from the toolbox and connect as shown above
• Define a variable to store the result after execution
• Click on the "updateGlobals" step to configure its "Settings" properties. Provide a name to the step. 

• Click on the "updateGlobals" step to configure its "Advanced" properties. Click on the button to update multiple variables with values. Configure “Yes” if the value to be computed is an expression.

• Click on the button to update multiple variables with values. Provide the variable reference and values. Note : Use either single variable references or multiple and, not both.  

• Expression Builder Utility. Click inside the textbox. Use keyboard shortcut ALT + E to invoke expression builder. This utility shall enable to build and validate expressions as shown in the image below. Send the expression to clipboard and paste the same in the input field.

• Examples for the condition to evaluate

e.g. Variable.number + 10 >100  
e.g. Global.testNumber + 100 / Variable.colNum >=1000
e.g. Variable.data + "test" == “Apptest”
e.g. Global.hasData == 1

• Save the process definition, create a process instance and execute.  Step should update the multiple globals with values. Render the process instance. Select Items - Globals - Latest menu option to view the global values.