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Defining Transient Variables for User-Defined Attributes

Transient variables for user-defined attributes can be defined like other variables and can be of the type integer, text or date. They can be used in a Promotion-Designer-enabled promotion for subsequent promotions to use as input in criteria or actions. Transient variables for user-defined attributes are not created automatically. You can create them using the following procedure.

To define a transient variable for a user-defined attribute

1. Navigate to the Loyalty Program Administration screen.
2. Drill-down on a program.
3. Click the Program Level Attributes tab.
4. Click the Transient Attributes tab.
5. Click New.
6. Complete the necessary fields. Some fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Description
   Name	Name of the transient variable
   Data Type	Transient variable data type
   Default Value	Default Value