Environment Variables Management

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Environment Variable Management

Environment Variables Management is a tool for managing global variables can be referenced in common for all projects.
Environment variables are specified as "%{<name of the environment variable>}" in the script.
Example:%{var}

Functions provided by Environment Variable Management

Environment Variable Management provides following functions
Description of Functions
Name of functions Description Remarks
List all environment variables Lists all environment variables listed when Environment Variable Settings is started.
  • Sorted by standard unicode character order.
Create new environment variable Creates a new environment variable
  • Can only be executed by users with administrator privileges.
Change environment variable settings Edit environment variable
  • Can only be executed by users with administrator privileges.
Delete environment variable Deletes an environment variable
  • Can only be executed by users with administrator privileges.
Reload environment variable Reloads environment variable in to application context.
  • To make your editing reflect onto the executing scripts or global resources under pooling, you need to restart DataSpiderServer.

List all environment variables

Description of items
Item name Description Remarks
Name Name of the environment variable  
Value The value dereferenced by the environment variable.  

Create new environment variable

Can only be executed by users with administrator privileges.
Property action
Item name Description Remarks
Add Creates a new environment variable
Description of items
Item name Description Remarks
Name Enter the variable name.  
Value Enter the initial values of variables. Specified value is treated as a string.

Change environment variable settings

Can only be executed by users with administrator privileges.
Property action
Item name Description Remarks
Properties Changes the value of the environment variables.Modifiable field is [Value].
  • This item is displayed as [Edit] on Studio for Web.

Delete environment variable

Can only be executed by users with administrator privileges.
Property action
Item name Description Remarks
Delete Deletes the environment variables  

Reload environment variable

The reload is not reflected in currently executing script or pooling global resources .
Restarting DataSpiderServer is required to reflect changes on them.
Property action
Item name Description Remarks
Reload Reloads the environment variable.
  • This item is displayed as [Reload Environment] on Studio for Web.

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