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Completing the Parameters tab
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Complete this optional tab if you want to refer to parameters (using the syntax param.name) as inputs on the Table tab. If used as a source of values, the parameter values must be set (for example, using a data transform) before the decision table is run.

 

Field

Description
Parameters add row
Name

Enter a name of your choice for a parameter. A parameter name must be a valid Java identifier. See How to enter a Java identifier.

Don't use a name that starts with pz. Don't choose any of the reserved names. If this activity is to be referenced in a flow, don't choose a name that matches any of the system-supplied parameters.
Description

Enter a text description of this parameter, for information only. This description appears when a developer completes parameter values.
Data Type

Parameters have a type similar to Single Value properties. Choose the type of data that is expected as the value for the parameter:

String A Java String value
Boolean A Boolean value
Integer An integer value
Double A double value, may use exponential notation
Page Name A page structure mentioned in the Pages & Classes tab
Java Object An arbitrary Java object
DateTime A value matching the format of a PRPC DateTime property value
Date A value consistent with a PRPC Date property value
Time of Day A value consistent with a PRPC TimeofDay property value
Decimal A decimal value including a decimal point
True or False Synonym for Boolean

If the type is Page Name, include the parameter name and page class on the Pages & Classes tab.

When entering parameters to call an activity, the values for Boolean and True or False parameters are the same as for properties of that type:

  • The preferred values are the text constants "true" and "false"
  • The following are equivalent to "true": any non-zero numeric value (integer or double), the text constants "on", "yes", "t", or any value starting with a "y" in any case
  • Any other value corresponds to "false"

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