Purpose: Is considered 'passed' if a variable exists in the current data context that matches the corresponding configuration parameters in terms of name and value.

►IMPORTANT◄ If the Variable addressed by Name contains a value whose data type is not a String, its string image is compared with the Value. There are data types (enumeration values, date values, etc.) for which a different string image applies depending on the execution context (server/client).

Specific example:

• If a status variable contains the value ‘New’ (NEW) from the dynamic enumeration Working state, a variable rule (with the Name status ) is considered to have passed in the server context if the Value NEW (the internal name of the enumeration value) is specified.

• In the client context, a Variable rule (with Name status) is only considered to have passed if the Value matches the localisation applicable in the execution context for the enumeration value (here ‘New’ for the Current locale ‘German’).

• Regardless of the execution context, the Variable rule cannot distinguish whether the Variable status contains the checked String directly as a value or another value that returns it as a string image.

• A Variable rule could also not distinguish whether the enumeration value ‘New’ (NEW) is really a Working state or a value with the same name (server context) or the same localisation (client context) from another enumeration (e.g. Incident status).