Variable Connector
The Variable connector lets you store and retrieve flow and user attributes as variables in your PingOne DaVinci flow.
Setup
Configuring the Variable connector
In DaVinci, add a Variable connector. For more information, see Adding a connector.
This connector doesn’t have a configuration at the environment level. You configure it in your flow instead. |
Using the connector in a flow
Variables are values that can be read and modified during a flow. In DaVinci, variables allow users to track and adjust values within flows. They can be read and modified during a flow. Variables can be strings, Boolean values, numbers, or objects.
In a flow, variables can be used to track information and a variable’s value can be used to determine which nodes are run within the flow. Every variable has a context, which determines how widely its value is shared. There are three types of variables:
Flow Instance Variable
Persists only for a single execution of a flow. This is useful for storing things temporarily for an execution, such as if you want to store a particular value from one node to use it later in the flow.
Flow Variable
Persists across multiple executions of that flow. This is useful for storing common things that are shared across multiple executions of the same flow.
User Variable
A shadow user must be available in order to use this variable. This capability adds a value to the user’s details or userInfo
in DaVinci.
The DaVinci Variable connector has several capabilities that allow you to manage flows, flow instances, and user variables used across flows and instances.
Capabilities
Flow Instance Variable
Add and update flow instance variable
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- Properties
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- saveVariables
selectNameValueListColumn
- saveVariables
- Output Schema
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- output
object
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- type
object
- type
- output
Flow Variable
Add and update flow variable
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- Properties
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- saveFlowVariables
selectNameValueListColumn
- saveFlowVariables
- Output Schema
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- output
object
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- type
object
- type
- output
Flow Instance variable: Increment by N
Flow instance variables are local to the specific instance of a flow.
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- Properties
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- Local Variable Name
textField
- incrementCounter
textField
- Local Variable Name
- Input Schema
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- default
object
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- variable
- incrementCounter
- default
- Output Schema
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- output
object
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- newValue
number
- newValue
- output