Variables Dialog

2.137 Variables Dialog

Use to manage (create, update, and delete) variables.

Variables contain messages that constitute the state of a business process. These messages are typically received from partners or sent to partners. Variables can also contain data required for holding state information related to the process that is never exchanged between partners. Variables are defined in terms of XML schema simple types, Web Services Description Language (WSDL) message types, or XML schema elements. Variables associated with message types can be specified as input or output variables for invoke, receive, and reply activities.

For more information about variables, see the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services Specification (for BPEL 1.1) or the Web Services Business Process Execution Language Version 2.0 Specification at http://www.oasis-open.org.

Element	Description
Search	Click to search for a variable.
Refresh	Click to refresh the display of variables.
Add icon	Click to create a variable. You must first select the second Variables folder to enable this icon.
Edit icon	Click to edit a selected variable.
Delete icon	Click to delete a selected variable.
Variables	Displays the variables in the BPEL process.
Show Detailed Node Information	Select an element and click this checkbox to display detailed information (for example, the complete namespace path location or a standards organization).