What are the differences in the 3 Variable Scopes or Types? (Job, Node, & Public)
I've located some documentation regarding the actual variable types, however it is not very in-depth:
Use this node to when you want to retrieve some information from the Via L&G database and store into one or more workflow variables for use in downstream workflow nodes and decisions. The workflow variables that you populate can be set to have a scope of Node (visible to the current node in the workflow only), Job (visible to the current workflow only) or Public (visible to all workflows involved in the Request, as well as the UI).
Variable Scope – select scope as Node, Job or Public depending on where you plan to use the response value for this variable
- Node – within this web-service node only
- Job – within this running workflow instance only
- Public – all workflows involved in this request (as well as the UI)
I was wondering if there was a more granular definition to differentiate the variables scopes/types.
Thank you,
Brandon Stevens
That documentation already seems pretty specific.
Is there a particular problem you encountered using variables scoped to one of these types or a use case that is not covered by this description?
Note that you should always define your variables before you use them so that you can set the scope. If you use a variable without defining it first it will internally be assigned a scope but perhaps one that is not intended.