How to pass a value to a variable used in the PromptSet object ?

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

How to pass a value to a variable used in the PromptSet ?

Requirements: The outer workflow has  workflow and a job as its tasks.

The inner workflow(JOBP.NEW.INNER) has a job which will set the value of the variable and publish it. 

 

The task JOBS.WIN.SET_TOKEN needs to set the variable &TOKEN and publish it. Then, the task   JOBS.WIN.GET_TOKEN(from the out workflow) will need to access the &TOKEN using a PromptSet object.

 

Environment

Release : 12.x, 21.x

Resolution

Steps to follow:

-In the job JOBS.WIN.SET_TOKEN, set the value of the &TOKEN and publish it using the option TOP. In this way, it will pass the value to the &TOKEN to the outer workflow.

 

Ex.

 

-The PromptSet object needs to have the definition below.