Macros

Overview

The following macros can be used in transition conditions or in the additional parameters of application type actions. They will be replaced by their associated value during process execution.

List of available macros

Macro

Tag

Value

Current user. field *

<WF_USER_field> *

User information

Assigned user. field *

<WF_ASSIGNEE_field> *

Assignee user information

Requester. field *

<WF_REQUESTER_field> *

Requester information

Action initiator. field *

<WF_INITIATOR_field> *

Action initiator information

Process. Id

<WF_PROCESS_ID>

Process identifier

Process. Name

<WF_PROCESS_NAME>

Process name

Process. Description

<WF_PROCESS_DESC>

Process description

Process. Status

<WF_PROCESS_STATUS>

Process status

Process. FormUrl

<WF_PROCESS_FORM_URL>

Process form URL

Process. Version

<WF_PROCESS_VERSION>

Process version

Action. Id

<WF_ACTIVITY_ID>

Action identifier

Action. Name

<WF_ACTIVITY_NAME>

Action name

Action. Description

<WF_ACTIVITY_DESC>

Action description

Current action. Id

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_ID>

Action instance identifier

Current action. Name

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_NAME>

Action instance name

Current action. Creation date

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_CREATION_DATETIME>

Action creation date

Current action. Deadline

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_LIMIT_DATETIME>

Action deadline

Current action. Pre-overdue days

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_PREOVERDUE_DAYS>

Number of days before the action becomes overdue, rounded up to the nearest day

Current action. Pre-overdue hours

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_PREOVERDUE_HOURS>

Number of hours before the action becomes overdue, rounded up to the nearest hour

Current action. Pre-overdue minutes

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_PREOVERDUE_MINUTES>

Number of minutes before the action becomes overdue, rounded up to the nearest minute

Current action. Pre-overdue seconds

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_PREOVERDUE_SECONDS>

Number of seconds before the action becomes overdue, rounded up to the nearest second

Current action. Overdue days

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_OVERDUE_DAYS>

Number of days that the action is overdue, rounded down to the nearest day

Current action. Overdue hours

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_OVERDUE_HOURS>

Number of hours that the action is overdue, rounded down to the nearest hour

Current action. Overdue minutes

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_OVERDUE_MINUTES>

Number of minutes that the action is overdue, rounded down to the nearest minute

Current action. Overdue seconds

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_OVERDUE_SECONDS>

Number of seconds that the action is overdue, rounded down to the nearest second

Current action. Count

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_COUNT>

Number of completed instances for the current action

Current action. Direct loop count

<WF_ACTIVITY_INST_DIRECT_LOOP_COUNT>

Number of completed instances on direct loop for the current action

Request. Id

<WF_PROCESS_INST_ID>

Request identifier (process instance)

Request. Relative Id

<WF_PROCESS_INST_RELATIVE_ID>

Request relative identifier

Request. Month relative Id

<WF_PROCESS_INST_MONTH_RELATIVE_ID>

Request month relative identifier

Request. Year relative Id

<WF_PROCESS_INST_YEAR_RELATIVE_ID>

Request year relative identifier

Request. Name

<WF_PROCESS_INST_NAME>

Request name (process instance)

Request. Creation date

<WF_PROCESS_INST_CREATION_DATETIME>

Request creation date (process instance)

Request. Deadline

<WF_PROCESS_INST_LIMIT_DATETIME>

Request deadline (process instance)

Action. Participant name

<WF_PARTICIPANT_NAME>

Action participant name

System. Date

<WF_SYSTEM_DATE>

System date

System. Date/time

<WF_SYSTEM_DATETIME>

System date/time

System. Time

<WF_SYSTEM_TIME>

System time

System. Language

<WF_SYSTEM_LANGUAGE>

User system language

System. Null

<WF_SYSTEM_NULL>

Enable process designer to reinitialize a PDF form field value to Null

System. ApplicationBase Url

<WF_SYSTEM_APPLICATION_BASE_URL>

Returns the application root URL (e.g. http://[servername])

System. ApplicationUrl

<WF_SYSTEM_APPLICATION_URL>

Returns the WorkflowGen application URL (e.g. http://[servername]/wfgen)

System. ApplicationPortal ScriptUrl

<WF_SYSTEM_APPLICATION_PORTAL_SCRIPT_URL>

Returns the WorkflowGen application portal page URL (e.g. http://[servername]/wfgen/show.aspx)

System. ApplicationConfigPath

<WF_SYSTEM_APPLICATION_CONFIG_PATH>

Returns the physical path to the WorkflowGen web.config (e.g. C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wfgen\web.config)

System.

ApplicationDataPath

<WF_SYSTEM_APPLICATION_DATA_PATH>

Returns the physical path of the application data folder (e.g. C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wfgen\app_data)

System.Guid

<WF_SYSTEM_GUID>

System-generated globally unique identifier

⚠️ Important: The generated GUID will be the same when used in standard action parameters except when the scripting option is enabled, in which case each expression will have a unique GUID.

Parent. Process Name

<WF_PARENT_PROCESS_NAME>

Returns the parent process name in a sub-process action

Parent. Process Version

<WF_PARENT_PROCESS_VERSION>

Returns the parent process version in a sub-process action

Parent. Request Id

<WF_PARENT_PROCESS_INST_ID>

Returns the parent request ID in a sub-process action

Parent. Current action Id

<WF_PARENT_ACTIVITY_INST_ID>

Returns the parent current action ID in a sub-process action

Web configuration app settings

<WF_APP_SETTING_name>

Macros created based on custom web configuration app settings (see the Web configuration app settings macros section)

* field: See the next table.

See Examples of macros below for examples of values for the macros listed above.

User macro suffixes

Field

Description

LASTNAME

Last name

FIRSTNAME

First name

USERNAME

Name of the user

MANAGER

Manager's username

MANAGER_LASTNAME

Manager's last name

MANAGER_FIRSTNAME

Manager's first name

EMAIL

Email address

PHONE

Telephone number

MOBILE

Mobile telephone number

PAGER

Pager number

FAX

Fax number

OFFICE

Office number

DEPARTMENT

Department number

COMPANY

Company

JOBTITLE

Title

INITIALS

Initials

TITLE

Civic status

EMPLOYEENUMBER

Employee number

EMPLOYEETYPE

Type of employee

POSTALADDRESS

Postal address

ZIPCODE

Zip code

CITY

City

STATE

State

COUNTRY

Country

OBJECTSID

SID

EXTATT1

Extended attribute 1

EXTATT2

Extended attribute 2

EXTATT3

Extended attribute 3

EXTATT4

Extended attribute 4

EXTATT5

Extended attribute 5

Using macros

You can use macros in the transitions and additional notification conditions or in the action parameters to send the value of the macro to the parameter value by choosing one macro from the list or by concatenating several macro codes as a text value.

📌 Example 1

If you want to send the username of the requester in the action's REQUESTER_USERNAME field, you have to add an additional parameter with the following settings:

  • Parameter name: REQUESTER_USERNAME

  • Send the value of a macro: Requester.Username

📌 Example 2

If you want to send the first name and the last name of the requester in the action's REQUESTER_NAME field with a space in between the two, you have to add an additional parameter with the following settings:

  • Parameter name: REQUESTER_NAME

  • Send the value of a text: <WF_REQUESTER_FIRSTNAME> <WF_REQUESTER_LASTNAME>

File data macros

Access to the file properties

In transition or notification conditions, you can use the following macros on file type process data to access the file properties.

Field

Type

Description

FILENAME

TEXT

File name

SIZE

NUMERIC

File size in bytes

CONTENTTYPE

TEXT

File content type

DESCRIPTION

TEXT

File description

DATELASTMODIFIED

DATETIME

Date of last modification of the file

Syntax examples

The following examples assume you have a file type data called MY_FILE.

📌 Example 1

  • Rule: Check if the file name contains the keyword "report":

    • Method: InStr(1,<MY_FILE.FILENAME>,"report",1) <> 0

📌 Example 2

  • Rule: Check if the file size is less than 1 MB:

    • Method: <MY_FILE.SIZE> < 1024

📌 Example 3

  • Rule: Check if the file is a Microsoft Word document:

    • Method: <MY_FILE.CONTENTTYPE> = "application/msword"

📌 Example 4

  • Rule: Check if the file was modified today:

    • Method: <MY_FILE.DATELASTMODIFIED> > [Date]

Check if a file exists

You can also use the name of the data to check if the file exists in the process by using the IsNull() function.

📌 Example

If you have a FILE type data called MY_FILE, you can use the syntax below in a condition to check if the file exists:

IsNull(<MY_FILE>)

Examples of macros

The following table shows examples of the macros listed above.

Macro

Example

Current user.field

<WF_USER_FIRSTNAME> <WF_USER_DEPARTMENT> will give "John Accounting"

Assigned user.field

<WF_ASSIGNEE_EMPLOYEENUMBER> <WF_ASSIGNEE_EMPLOYEETYPE> will give "11225 Permanent"

Requester.field

<WF_REQUESTER_COMPANY>

<WF_REQUESTER_LASTNAME> will give "My company Smith"

Action initiator.field

<WF_INITIATOR_FIRSTNAME>

<WF_INITIATOR_LASTNAME> will give "John Smith"

Process.Id

12

Process.Name

"2_LEVELS_APPROVAL"

Process.Description

"2 levels approval"

Process.Status

"ACTIVE"

Process.FormUrl

"http://mycompany.com/wfgen/wfapps/webforms/MACRO_TEST_2/V1/Default.aspx"

Process.Version

1

Action.Id

2

Action.Name

"INITIATES"

Action.Description

"The Requester initiates the request"

Current action.Id

2

Current action.Name

"2-VALIDATES"

Current action.Creation date

2019-04-20T20:23:07Z

Current action.Deadline

2019-04-30-T20:25:25:46Z

Current action.Count

2

Request.Id

1701

Request.Relative Id

12

Request.Month relative Id

12

Request.Year relative Id

12

Request.Name

"2_LEVELS_APPROVAL #1795"

Request.Creation date

2019-04-20T20:35:00Z

Request.Deadline

2019-04-30T09:00:00Z

Action.Participant name

"John"

System.Date

4/20/2019

System.Date/time

4/20/2019 2:44 PM

System.Time

1:44 PM

System.Language

"en-US"

System.Null

<NULL>

Application.BaseUrl

http://myserver.com

Web configuration app settings macros

This feature helps to simplify the deployment of business processes in a multi-instance WorkflowGen environment by allowing you to define common data or instance-specific data as a key-value pair that can be used in your process by way of a macro in action parameters, in transition conditions to control the flow, and in action notifications instead of hard-coding these data in the process definition.

You can create your own macros by defining custom app settings in the WorkflowGen web configuration file.

You must use the EngineMacroAppSettings configuration parameter to define your custom macros. You can specify the exact key name, or use a prefix followed by * (asterisk) as shown in the example below, which adds the three custom macros (<WF_APP_SETTING_MySecretKey1>, <WF_APP_SETTING_MySecretKey2>, and <WF_APP_SETTING_MySecretKey3>).

📌 Example

The <WF_APP_SETTING_MySecretKey1>, <WF_APP_SETTING_MySecretKey2>, and <WF_APP_SETTING_MySecretKey3> macros will be available at design and runtime with the app setting below in the web.config:

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="MySecretKey1" value="4n(#N$HT0$Bohv!" />
    <add key="MySecretKey2" value="9et9tzV{Hnn]EsDE" />
    <add key="MySecretKey3" value="e#8BHvXa8N*LvFaY" />
    <add key="EngineMacroAppSettings" value="MySecretKey1, MySecret*" />
  </appSettings>
</configuration>

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