{"id":4228,"date":"2016-08-30T21:04:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2017-03-27T22:08:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T22:08:50","slug":"passing-variables-to-the-director-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/passing-variables-to-the-director-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing Variables to the Director Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can pass global variables to the Queue Monitor, to other eFORMz projects, and to commands run from the Director.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start the eFORMz Composer and open your project.<\/li>\n<li>In the Project window, right click the project &gt; Add Global Variable to create a global variable. Check <em>Pass last value to Queue Monitor<\/em> and click OK.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4246 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global1-1-300x155.png\" alt=\"Global1\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global1-1-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global1-1-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global1-1-250x129.png 250w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global1-1-349x180.png 349w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global1-1.png 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Set the value of the global variable and save your changes to the project.<\/li>\n<li>In the Director, right click the file selection step &gt; Change, and then click the Variables tab.<\/li>\n<li>Click New and add the global variable.\u00a0The variable name must match the name in the Global Variables list from the project, as shown below. No initial value is required:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global2.png\" alt=\"Global2\" width=\"692\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global2.png 692w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global2-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global2-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global2-250x149.png 250w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global2-550x328.png 550w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global2-302x180.png 302w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global2-503x300.png 503w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Refer to global variables in the Director by placing them inside less-than (&lt;) and greater-than (&gt;) characters. For example, the variable Global_BatchID is referred to in the following Copy Files step as &lt;Global_BatchID&gt;:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4249 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global3.png\" alt=\"Global3\" width=\"518\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global3.png 518w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global3-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global3-150x55.png 150w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global3-250x91.png 250w, https:\/\/c002.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Global3-493x180.png 493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can pass global variables to the Queue Monitor, to other eFORMz projects, and to commands run from the Director. Start the eFORMz Composer and open your project. In the Project window, right click the project &gt; Add Global Variable to create a global variable. Check Pass last value to Queue Monitor and click OK. 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