Get Shared Variable

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Chapter 5 General Activities Palette : Get Shared Variable

Get Shared Variable

Activity

The Get Shared Variable activity retrieves the current value of a Shared Variable or Job Shared Variable resource. If you are using this activity to retrieve the value of a Shared Variable resource, you may want to use a critical section group to ensure that no other process instances are altering the value of the shared variable at the same time.

See TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Process Design for more information about shared variables and critical section groups.

Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields.

Field

Global Var?

Description

Name

No

The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.

Description

No

Short description of the activity.

Variable Configuration

No

The Shared Variable or Job Shared Variable whose value you would like to retrieve.

Output

The output for the activity is the following.

Output Item

Datatype

Description

<schema>

varies

The value of the shared variable specified in the Variable Configuration field of the Configuration tab is the output for this activity. The schema for the output is determined by the schema specified for the shared variable.

Field	Global Var?	Description
Name	No	The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.
Description	No	Short description of the activity.
Variable Configuration	No	The Shared Variable or Job Shared Variable whose value you would like to retrieve.

Output Item	Datatype	Description
<schema>	varies	The value of the shared variable specified in the Variable Configuration field of the Configuration tab is the output for this activity. The schema for the output is determined by the schema specified for the shared variable.