User-defined worklet variables can be persistent or non-persistent. To create a persistent worklet variable, select Persistent when you create the variable. When you create a persistent worklet variable, the worklet variable retains its value the next time the Integration Service runs the worklet in the parent workflow.

For example, you have a worklet with a persistent variable. Use two instances of the worklet in a workflow to run the worklet twice. You name the first instance of the worklet Worklet1 and the second instance Worklet2.

When you run the workflow, the persistent worklet variable retains its value from Worklet1 and becomes the initial value in Worklet2. After the Integration Service runs Worklet2, it retains the value of the persistent variable in the repository and uses the value the next time you run the workflow.

Worklet variables only persist when you run the same workflow. A worklet variable does not retain its value when you use instances of the worklet in different workflows.