Variables

Variables run through the entire RPA process, and variables are involved in almost every action.

Variable types

Divided into custom variables and system variables

Variable Type

System variables

System variables are built-in variables which cannot be added, modified and deleted.

v_b_not_timeout (Boolean): It is mainly used in browser automation task to judge whether the web element to be waited for has timed out.
v_s_filepath (String): It is mainly used to record the file path after selecting the file.
v_s_current_date (String): Current date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.
v_s_current_datetime (String): Current date and time in the form of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.
v_s_current_timestamp (String): Current date and time as timestamp.

Custom variables

When adding a new custom variable, data types are involved, usually the following types:

Boolean: true or false.
Date: Data type consisting of date(e.g. yyyy-MM-dd).
Datetime: Data type consisting of date (e.g. yyyy-MM-dd) and time (e.g. HH:mm:ss).
Dictionary: Data type consisting of one or more key/value pairs.
List: An array of items.
Number: Integers and floating point numbers.
String: Textual data which are immutable sequences of Unicode code points (e.g. "Google", "SpaceX", "YooginX").
WebElement: Data type which can be viewed as HTML DOM element (e.g. div, p, span, table).
XMLNode: Data type which can be viewed as XML elment.

Add custom variables

Step 1: Click + button

Variable Add 1

Step 2: In the pop-up dialog select the variable type, fill in the variable name, description (if needed) and default value (if needed).

Variable Add 2

Step 3: It should be noted that the default values of List and Dictionary are for Subtype. The types are Boolean, Number, and String respectively. Examples are as follows:

Default value: [True, False]

Variable Subtype Boolean