Hash Variable
Hash Variables gives users greater flexibility and freedom in accessing useful information or relevant runtime values from the system.
A hash variable is a special hash-escaped keyword that can be used in
- Form Builder
- Datalist Builder
- Userview Builder
- Supported plugin configuration properties
- Activity name in Workflow Designer
- External Form URL when mapping an activity to an external form
to return the value of some useful runtime variables from Workflow Engine.
Hash Variables supports:
- Performer
- Internationalization support on application
- Request Parameters
- Application level environment variable
- Current User
- Assignment
- Form
- Workflow Variable
- Date
- User
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Hash Variables
Assignment
To get workflow activity information of the current assignment:
- #assignment.processId#
- #assignment.processDefId#
- #assignment.processName#
- #assignment.processName#
- #assignment.processVersion#
- #assignment.processRequesterId#
- #assignment.description#
- #assignment.activityId#
- #assignment.activityName#
- #assignment.activityDefId#
- #assignment.assigneeId#
Performer
To get user information of the performer of an activity:
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To get activityDefId (activity definition ID), mouseover the activity name in the Activity Mapping tab (Workflow Management Console); there will be an overlay showing the ID.
Form
To get data from form table:
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#form.registration.registeredDate#
#form.registration.registeredDate[0001]#
#form.registration.registeredDate[{variable.recordId}]# //using nested Hash Variable with curly bracket.
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Workflow Variable
To get the value of a workflow variable:
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| Code Block |
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#variable.approvalStatus# |
Date
To get date time according to a specified format:
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#date.h:mm a# // 12:08 PM #date.EEE, d MMM yyyy h:mm:ss a# // Wed, 4 Jul 2009 12:08:56 PM |
User
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To get user information based on username:
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Apart from all of the existing Hash Variables supported in Joget version 2 as described above, these are the new hash variables supported in v3.
Other Hash Variables
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Nested Hash Variable
Since version 3.0.3, a Hash Variable can be used inside another Hash Variable to form a Nested Hash Variable. The syntax for the inner Hash Variable is wrapped by a pair of curly bracket '{' and '}'.
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