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Shared tasks
These procedures can be used on both local and global variables.
To delete a variable
l Right-click on the variable name in the Configuration Components Area and click Delete.
To rename a variable:
l Right-click on the variable name in the Configuration Components Area.
l Click Rename
l Type in the new name of the variable, then press Enter on your keyboard.
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. Deleting a variable, on
the other hand, does not delete any reference to it. In both the case where a script refers to a variable and it
is renamed, or in the case of deleting a variable, any task or script that refers to it will cease to function and
will generate an error.
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 262.
l You can use Scripts. See the chapter "Using Scripts" on page 75.
Variables may be used as variable properties in variable property boxes (see Variable Properties).
About Configurations
PReS Workflow configuration files are defined as a set of processes, subprocesses, variables, documents
and printer queues, that work together within PReS Workflow Service.
PReS Workflow cannot work without a valid configuration and a PReS Workflow session running on a given
computer can only use one configuration at a time. Once you have created a configuration, you must “send”
it to the PReS Workflow Service. When you do this, your PReS Workflow forgets its previous configuration
and starts executing the tasks included in the new configuration.