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Common variables are designed to enhance searchability
and process tracking in Workspace. They are a set of definable variables
that can be used across all applications for long-lived processes
in a AEM forms environment. Common variables are similar to process
variables except that they are not local to a process and hence,
its container application.
If you choose to use a use a common variable within a process,
the variable will be displayed in Workspace along with variables
specific to the process.
For example, if Customer ID was defined as a common variable,
this would enable Workspace users to search on tasks that are all
related to the same customer, spanning all processes using the Customer
ID. Common variables will also appear in Workspace as column headings.
You can then filter To- Do and Tracking lists based on common variable
values.
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In Workbench, click
File
>
Get Application
to
access the Get Applications panel.
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Select
Process Manager (common-variables)
and click
Ok.
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In the Applications view, check out
Process Manager (common-variables)/1.0
application
and open the Process Manager (common-variables) process.
Note:
This
process should only be used to define your variables. Do not add
any activities to this process.
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Create variables with meaningful names and suitable variable
types. However, it is recommended that you use simple variable types.
For more information, see
Creating variables
for information.
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Check in and deploy the application to complete the creation
of common variables.
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Any variables you created will now be visible in common data
tree in the XPath expression builder.
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