While

General

The General tab has the following fields.

Field	Description
Name	The name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.
Group Type	The type of group. The default is While.
Index Name	Use this field to specify a name for the index variable. Note: Select the Global check box to make the index variable available for the activities outside the loop.
Condition	The condition ($index) is specified through an XPath expression which can be a literal value. Click the Edit XPath Expression button to set an XPath expression.
Accumulate Output	Select this check box to accumulate the output of one of the activities in a group. The output of the selected activity is accumulated each time the activity is executed.
Output Activity	Select the activity from the group of activities for an output reference when executing the loop.
Output Name	The name of the list of the accumulated output of the selected activity.
Reset Variables	The variable to be reset during each iteration of the While group. Click the Add icon, and select the variable to be reset. To delete the variable, click the variable in the Reset Variables field. The Remove icon with a tooltip 'Remove <variable name> ' is displayed. Click the Remove icon to remove the variable from the Reset Variables field.

Description

Provide a short description for the group.

Variables

A group of shared variables. Depending on the group selected in the Group Type, Container displays the group. For example, if the Scope group is selected in the Group Type field, it displays Scope in Container. You can add multiple variables of complex or simple type.

You can select from the following available Variable Type options:

• String
• Integer
• Decimal
• Boolean
• Date&Time