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Assignment Step

Use the Assignment step to set a value to a field.

To create an Assignment step, click a process, and then select

Assignment

from the Design canvas. Then, from the Assignments properties panel, click the

Add

icon to assign Name and Assignment values.

The following image shows an Assignment step:

To add a field, click the

Add

icon, and then add the following information for each field:

Name: This is the fully-qualified field name. The name can contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), spaces, and Unicode characters.; You can select a field name from the list of fields
you defined under
Start
Fields
.
Assignments: This is the source from which the field takes values. The fields you see depend on the data type you defined
under
Start
Properties
Input Fields or Temporary Fields
.; For example, if you define the data type in the Input Fields as Date or Time, the following options appear for that field in the Assignment step:
Specific date
Days from today
Days before/after
Screen
Field
Formula; If you define the data type as Integer or Text, you see the following options to specify the value of the field:
Content
Screen
Field
Formula; For more information about data types, see Using the Field Properties Dialog.