VARIABLE! Panel (Right Sidebar - Bottom)
- Purpose: The VARIABLE! panel, located on the bottom right sidebar, is the Variables Panel. It is used to manage workflow variables.
- Functionality:
- Variable Definition and Management: This panel allows you to define and manage variables that can be used within your workflow.
You can typically:- Create New Variables: Add new variables to the workflow, giving them names and specifying their data types (e.g., string, integer, boolean, object, etc.).
- View Existing Variables: See a list of all variables defined in the current workflow.
- Modify Variable Properties: Potentially edit variable names, data types, or default values (depending on the workflow editor's features).
- Scope Management (Potentially): In more advanced workflow engines, this panel might also allow you to define variable scope (e.g., workflow-level variables, activity-level variables).
- Variable Usage in Activities: Once variables are defined in this panel, you can use them within activity properties. For example, you can use a variable to dynamically set the recipient address in a "Send Email" activity or use a variable to store the output of one activity and use it as input for another.
- "Metadata" Label: The "Metadata" label at the top of the panel, along with "Name" and "Workflow 1" might suggest that you are currently viewing the variables associated with "Workflow 1" and that these variables are considered part of the workflow's metadata or definition.
- Variable Definition and Management: This panel allows you to define and manage variables that can be used within your workflow.
In Summary:
These four sections – ACTIVITIES, WORKFLOW 1 (Canvas), PROPERTIES, and VARIABLE! – constitute the core interface of the workflow editor. They work in concert to provide a visual and interactive environment for designing, configuring, and managing automated workflows. You use the Activities Panel to select components, the Workflow Canvas to assemble them into a process flow, the Properties Panel to customize their behavior, and the Variables Panel to manage data within your workflows.