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Note
While renaming a variable will correctly rename all references to it in task properties or wherever
else it is used in a task, it will not change the references in any script within a Run Script task.
Setting a variable value within a process
You can set the value of a variable within your process in two ways:
l
Use the Set Job Info and Variable action task. See "Set Job Infos and Variables" on
page468.
l
You can use Scripts. See the chapter "Using Scripts" on page143.
Tip
Variables may be used as variable properties in Task Properties (see "Variable task properties"
below).
Variable task properties
When you edit tasks, you may notice that some of the properties that you can modify have a red
(or more precisely, a maroon) title. This means that the property can be dynamically determined
whenever your process runs, that is to say it will not remain static. This can be extremely useful
when, for example, you want to determine how many copies you will print out depending on
your data, or what document will be used in the printout depending on the department it came
from.
Variable properties may include:
l Static data.
l System variables. See "System variables" on page735.
l Local and Global Variables. See "Local variables" on page739.
l Job Infos. See "Job Info variables" on page733.
l Data and Metadata Selections. See "Data selections" on page54.
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