Overview of Workflow Task Variables
Every workflow task can have variables associated to the workflow process or specific to a step. These variables usually have some internal information that can be used in custom workflows.
It is not possible to search for workflow tasks using variables. But, you can search for
workflow tasks using the GET Task API and specify showTaskVariables
or/and showTaskLocalVariables parameters. For more information, see
Variables.
The showTaskVariables returns information about variables that belong to
the complete workflow process (Task variables) and the
showTaskLocalVariables returns variables associated with the
current step of the Workflow task. For more information, see Get Task Details .
| Type Name | Description |
|---|---|
| string | The value of this variable is threaded as a
java.lang.String. |
| integer | The value of this variable is threaded as a
java.lang.Integer. |
| short | The value of this variable is threaded as a
java.lang.Short. |
| long | The value of this variable is threaded as a
java.lang.Long. |
| double | The value of this variable is threaded as a
java.lang.Double. |
| boolean | The value of this variable is threaded as a
java.lang.Boolean. |
| date | The value of this variable is treated as a
java.util.Date. |
| binary | This value is treated as an array of bytes. The
value attribute is null, the
valueUrl contains a URL pointing to the raw
binary stream. |
| serializable | Serialized representation of a Serializable Java-object. As with
the binary type, the value
attribute is null, the valueUrl contains a URL
pointing to the raw binary stream. All serializable variables (which
are not of any of the above types) will be exposed as a variable of
this type. |