Viewing the System Variables of an Activity

Each activity in a Workflow has system variables. These variables can be called by other activities in the Workflow. For example, the status variable tracks the activity status and can be used to trigger a specific condition in another activity.

Procedure

1. From the workflow design area, right-click the activity, and then click Properties.

   The activity property dialog box appears.

2. On the System tab, view the variables that are common for all the activities:

   • startTime: provides the date and time when the activity started to run.

   • endTime: provides the date and time when the activity finished to run.

   • status: provides the status of the activity after runtime. For example, the activity completes with a FAILED status.

   • timedOut: provides a boolean value (true/false) that tells if the activity was timed out or not.