Create and manage user-defined settings

User-defined settings provide a secure way for workflow item administrators to store information, such as credentials for a web request or commonly used file paths. User-defined settings can be retrieved and used in your workflows as dynamic job properties.

Add user-defined settings

To add user-defined settings, do the following:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click the Settings button .

   Note:

   If you don’t have sufficient privileges, the Settings button is not available.

4. Click the User Defined Settings tab.
5. Click Add Setting.
6. Provide a name for the setting in the Name text box.
7. Provide a value for the setting in the Value text box.
8. Optionally, check the Encrypt check box to encrypt the stored value.
9. Repeat steps 5 through 8 to add more settings.
10. Click Save to save the settings.

Edit user-defined settings

To edit user-defined settings, do the following:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click the Settings button .

   Note:

   If you don’t have sufficient privileges, the Settings button is not available.

4. Click the User Defied Settings tab.
5. Update the settings as necessary.
6. Click Save to save the changes.

Delete user-defined settings

Deleting a user-defined setting is permanent and can’t be undone. To delete user-defined settings, do the following:

1. Access the Workflow Manager web app.
2. Click the Design tab.

   The Design page appears.

   Note:

   If you don't have sufficient privileges, the Design tab is not available.

3. Click the Settings button .

   Note:

   If you don’t have sufficient privileges, the Settings button is not available.

4. Click the User Defined Settings tab.
5. Hover over the setting that you want to delete and click the Delete Setting button .

   The Delete User Setting dialog box appears.

   Caution:

   Deleted user settings can't be recovered.

6. Click Yes to delete the setting or click No to cancel.