Templates (Templates)

This variable provides the information about the template context and the variables whose values will be used for the current context.

The templates variable is directly accessible in most contexts under the Advanced Settings property group, with the description Variable Template.

Variable Name:

templates

Records:

0...unlimited

Permissions:

Readable/writable at None permission level

Record Format:

Field Name

Field Description

Field Type

Notes

type

Type of the template variable, with possible values:

  • Normal - Context variables which take their value from the template are updated only when the template variable is updated. Any other updates of the context variable are prohibited.

  • Initialization Only - The context variable is set only at the creation stage when the template is passed as a parameter to the creation function.

  • Dynamic - Context variables which take their value from the template are updated whenever the mapped template variable is updated. But unlike Normal type, the context variable can also be updated manually or from other sources.

String

name

Name of the context variable whose value will be defined by the template.

String


context

Template context.

String


templateVariableName

Name of the template variable.

String

expression

Expression for evaluating the current variable value.

If the expression is empty, the current variable will take the value with the same name from the template context.

Otherwise, the variable value will be the result of evaluating the expression. The default context for the evaluated expression is the template context.

String

Nullable

ignoreFields

List of fields in a current variable that will be ignored when setting a new value from a template context variable.

DataTable

Nullable

The name and description fields for the genericProperties and childInfo variables are ignored by default.

runInSourceContext

  • When True, the expression is evaluated using the default context of the template as the default context.

  • When False, the expression is evaluated using the provided context as the default context.

Boolean

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