What is the best way of introducing global variables for business processes in Creatio?

Yurily,

A system setting is the best place for something like that. Normally, I'd use a Modify Data element in the process to write it back, but in current versions of Creatio the lookup to add columns to update causes a client-side error so you're unable to select columns. 

However, you can set it with a script task. Let's assume your value is a string value and currently in a process parameter named "MyParameterValue". You'd add code something like this to read it from the parameter and set a system setting with a code of "UsrMySetting":

var val = Get<string>("MyParameterValue");
Terrasoft.Core.Configuration.SysSettings.SetValue(UserConnection, "UsrMySetting", val);
return true;

Ryan

Ryan Farley,

Thanks for your answer. The thing I don't understand is what "Yurily" means :)

Yuriy Konstantinov,

lol, sorry for the typo Yuriy!

Ryan Farley,

Hi Ryan,

I'm doing this, but for some reason the updated value is not on the System Setting if I see it by the System Settings, but If I ask it on a process I get the updated number.

I try to explain better, I create a System Setting variable, and init it with a number, in the process I update the value of the system setting and use it for some task, but when I come back to Creatio System setting and open the System setting is just like I define it, no change, but If I ask its value from a process it's updated.

I think is something related with cache or whatever, did you know what could be wrong?

For example, the following sub process is called in a "Read collection of records" loop.

In the first image you can see, I get the value of the System Setting called "Incidencias Detectadas - Correlativo Histórico" and add 1 and stores it in a local parameter.

The initial value in the System setting is 1

In the next step of the sub process I did something with the value, and in the third element of the sub process I update the system setting using the updated value in step 1. ie the old number + 1

It works OK, it's fine!, but when I came to System Setting, it shows me the initial number, ie: 1 and it must be 800 to my example,

You can see the value still is one, but If I read the value from a process, it gives to me the correct value. WHAT'S WRONG?

Thanks in advance

Julio Falcón

Ryan Farley,

Does your code set the system setting for the All employees role, or specifically for whichever user triggered the BP? Is there a way to choose this? The setting we are trying to set should be a single system setting for all users, but after running the BP, it appears to be creating a system settings value record for the user who runs the BP.

Harvey Adcock,

For a non per-user setting you can use SetDefValue: 

Terrasoft.Core.Configuration.SysSettings.SetDefValue(UserConnection, "UsrMySetting", val);

Ryan