Hash Variables

Hash Variable is a special hash-escaped keyword that can be used in the following areas to return value of some useful runtime variables from Workflow Engine.

Form Builder (beginning from v2-Beta 1)
Supported plugin configuration properties
Activity name in Workflow Designer
External Form URL, when mapping an activity to an external form

Figure 1: Using Hash Variables in Form Builder

Figure 2: Using Hash Variables in Workflow Designer

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.

#performer.activityDefId.id#
#performer.activityDefId.username#
#performer.activityDefId.firstName#
#performer.activityDefId.lastName#
#performer.activityDefId.email#
#performer.activityDefId.active#
#performer.activityDefId.timeZone#

To get activityDefId (activity definition ID), mouse-over on the activity name in Activity Mapping tab (Workflow Management Console), and there will be an overlay showing the ID.

Form

To get data from form table.

#form.formDataTableName.fieldName#
#form.fieldName# (used in Form Builder, or plugin configuration when the form data table name is already specified)

For examples:

#form.registration.registeredDate#
#form.issuedDate#

Workflow Variable

To get the value of a workflow variable.

#variable.variableName#

For example:

 #variable.approvalStatus#

Date

To get date time according to a specified format.

#date.javaSimpleDateFormat# (refer to http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html for more formatting patterns)