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Using the Process Properties View

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This view lists the currently defined properties for business processes. Process properties store values that the process retrieves from the database or derives before or during processing. You can base decision branches on the values in a process property and pass process properties as step arguments. When a business process completes, the final results of the process properties are available as output arguments. You can also use process property values in expressions.

Use the Process Properties view to:

Define a new process. See Defining a New Process.
Delete a process. See Deleting a Step or Process.
Copy a process. See Copying a Process.
Set process properties. See Working with Process Properties.

Process Properties List Field Descriptions

Table 5 describes the fields in the Process Properties view.

Table 5. Process Properties View Fields

Field	Description	Possible Value
Name	The name of the process property.	Free-form text.
Data Type	The type of data that can be stored in the process property.	String. For alphanumeric data. Date. For dates. Number. For numeric data. Hierarchy. Data type used by eBusiness Application Integration to store data from a property set. For more information, see Overview: Siebel eBusiness Application Integration Volume I. Binary. For variant or binary information. Binary types must be assigned the None value in the In/Out field. Integration Object. For variant or binary information.
Default String	Initial value if the process property is a string type.	Free-form text. If you enter <Value>, the process property is initialized with the value in the Value field of the workflow input property set.
Default Date	Initial value if the process property is a date type.	Calendar widget
Default Number	Initial value if the process property is a numeric type.	Numeric widget
Integration Object	Data type used by eBusiness Application Integration to store data from an integration object.	Account - Get Oracle Customer (Oracle).
In/Out	Describes whether or not the process property is passed in or out of the process, passed into the process and returned, or used only within the process.	In. The process property is passed into the process. (Binary types cannot be assigned this value.) Out. The process property is passed out of the process. (Binary types cannot be assigned this value.) In/Out. The process property is passed into the process and returned. (Binary types cannot be assigned this value.) None. The process property is used only within the process.
Business Component	The name of the business component containing the virtual field.	Optional. This value is selected from a picklist of business components belonging to the workflow process business object.
Virtual Field	The name of the business component field mapped to the workflow process property.	Optional. This value is selected from a picklist of fields belonging to the business component. Only calculated fields with no calculated values appear in this picklist.
Comments	A text narrative describing the purpose of the process property.	Optional

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