System Variable

each process has a system variable, this is a data model that contains the medatada of the process and instance each process has a system variable that serves as a data model containing the metadata of the process and its instance this system variable plays a crucial role in the workflow by providing essential information and context about the process the system variable includes, but is not limited to, the following metadata attributes process id a unique identifier for the process instance id a unique identifier for the instance of the process process name the name assigned to the process workspace id a unique identifier for the workspace this variable can be utilized in two primary ways as an input the system variable can be used as an input to other processes or activities within a workflow by referencing the metadata contained within this variable, subsequent processes can make informed decisions, ensuring that they have the context needed to operate correctly example a process may check the status of a previous instance before proceeding, or it may use the variables passed from the initial process to perform specific actions as a custom response the system variable can be returned as a custom response, providing detailed metadata about the process and its instance to external systems or users example when a process completes, it can return the system variable to an api endpoint, giving external systems all the necessary metadata about the process instance