Global Variables

Global Variables acts as global constants which can be used in your application. Global Variables are simple key/value pairs which can be specified by the developer. Some examples for global variables are:

Company data (name, address, contacts)
Simple Rule Values (e.g. credit account)
Path values for saving files
Path values for 3rd party systems and some other variables

Editor

The global variable editor is part of the Configuration Management. See Configuration Editor for more information. A global variable can be added by using the add configuration function. The name of the global variable is the name of the configuration.

Default value Provide a default value of the global variable. This can be a Number or a String. This value will be used if you access the global variable in the application.
Description Provide a description of the global variable.
Environment settings In this section the default value of the global variable can be overridden/new assigned for the specific Environments.

Access global variables in IvyScript

In order the access the Global Variables in your code a new environment variable var was introduced in IvyScript which provides a comfortable access to your defined variables. This approach has the advantage that, if global variables are removed developers will immediately informed in which process element the variable was used.