Create Variables

The following screenshot shows the dialogue for defining variables in profiles.

(1) Initializing type-safe prevents, for example, that an Integer value of 1 is returned as string 1.0. To do so, the content of the variable is internally stored as basic type and not as a string.

(2) Name and type of the variable.

(3) The initial value of the variable. This can either be a constant value or a field value from the source tree (syntax: @fieldname@). If the initial value is a field value, the variable is initialized when the field first receives a value. If additionally (4) is active, this initialization will be done again for each record. Otherwise, the initial value will only be assigned once, at the beginning of the job. Attention: Do not activate option (4) for variables with prefix MSG_CALL_ and system variables which only receive a value once at the beginning of a job.

(5) If you have entered all values, click here. However, the values will not be permanently saved until you click (6).