settings

To define the name and value of a WebSphere variable. A WebSphere variable is a name and value pair used to provide the setting for one of the string data type attributes contained in one of the XML formatted configuration files residing in WAS repository.

To view this admin console page, click Environment > WebSphere variables > WebSphere_variable_name.

Name

Symbolic name for a product variable. After the variable is defined, this symbolic name can be specified in the Value field of any other product configuration field that accepts a string value. Whenever the appserver encounters a configuration field that contains one or more symbolic names, it replaces the symbolic names with their defined values. For example, we might define a variable name that represent a commonly used file path or URL.

WAS variables are used for:

• Set WAS path names, such as JAVA_HOME, and APP_INSTALL_ROOT.

• Set certain cell-wide customization values.

For example, WAS_SERVER_NAME is the pre-defined symbolic name of the variable that represents the name of the default appserver that is provided with WAS ND..

Value

Value that the symbolic name represents.

For example, server1 is the value of a pre-defined variable WAS_SERVER_NAME.

Data type

String

Description

Documents the purpose of a variable.

Data type

String

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Related concepts

WebSphere® Variables

 

Related tasks

Creating, editing, and deleting WebSphere® variables