Creating Correlation Data Using the Wizard

Procedure

  1. In the Project Explorer, expand the package or process where you want to add a data field or parameter.
  2. Right-click Correlation > Data and select New > Correlation Data. The New Data Field dialog is displayed.
    Note: If you start this wizard from the File > New menu, the first dialog is the project and package dialog, where you must specify a valid project and package. This dialog is not displayed if you right-click at the process level to start the dialog; however you can click Back to display it.

Result

For information about how to complete the remainder of the fields in the wizard pages, see Using the Wizards to Create a New Data Field or Parameter (the properties of a correlation data field are exactly like those of a standard data field).

The correlation data that you created appears in the Project Explorer.

Tip: If a correlation data field has data that you want to continue to use in your process, but that you no longer want to use for correlation, you can convert the correlation data field to a "standard" data field, by right-clicking it and selecting Convert Correlation Data to Data Field.

See Associating Correlation Data with an Event or Task to assign correlation data to a start message event, catch message event, or receive task.