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The Set Variable action allows you to set a variable to a specific value for a task or workflow, and to select a scope (level of usage) for that variable (see Creating a Set Variable Action within a Task or Workflow#Variables Variables and Variable Scope, below). Unless you set the scope of the variable to GLOBAL, which specifies that the variable can be accessed at any time by any task, workflow, or trigger, the value exists in memory only for the time that the task or workflow is running, or until another Set Variable action sets the variable to another value.
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A variable defined for a task or workflow in the Set Variable Action Details lets you specify, in the Creating a Set Variable Action within a Task or Workflow#Variable Scope field, the scope of that variable. You can specify that a variable be available for:
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| Displays - on the Set Variables actions list - the Creating a Set Variable Action within a Task or Workflow#Variable Scope, Creating a Set Variable Action within a Task or Workflow#Name, and Creating a Set Variable Action within a Task or Workflow#Value Name, and Value for this action. | ||||||||||||
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| The status of the task, by itself or together with an exit code, that will trigger this Set Variable action. You can specify as many statuses as needed. | ||||||||||||
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Action Details | This section contains additional details about the action. | ||||||||||||
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| If Creating a Set Variable Action within a Task or Workflow#Variable Scope = Global; Status of the Set Variable action that will trigger a system notification.
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Metadata | This section contains Metadata information about this record. | ||||||||||||
UUID | Universally Unique Identifier of this record. | ||||||||||||
Updated By | Name of the user that last updated this record. | ||||||||||||
Updated | Date and time that this record was last updated. | ||||||||||||
Created By | Name of the user that created this record. | ||||||||||||
Created | Date and time that this record was created. | ||||||||||||
Buttons | This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Action Details that let you perform various actions. | ||||||||||||
Save | Saves a new Action record in the Controller database. | ||||||||||||
Save & New | Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record. | ||||||||||||
Save & View | Saves a new record in the Controller database and continues to display that record. | ||||||||||||
New | Displays empty (except for default values) Details for creating a new record. | ||||||||||||
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Delete |
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Refresh | Refreshes any dynamic data displayed in the Details. | ||||||||||||
Close | Closes the Details pop-up of this action. |
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