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Manage exposed process values (EPVs)
Exposed process values (EPVs) are variables that certain users can change when processes are running on the Process Center Server or a Process Server in your test, production, or other runtime environment.
For example, suppose a process author is creating an Expense Reimbursement process and he wants his process to be flexible so that it can work in any major organization in his business. To support this flexibility, he creates EPVs to enable some end users to adjust specific variable values as constants, thereby affecting the flow of the process, task assignments, and so on. The process author can, for example, enable supervisors in his organization to change the allowed amounts for daily expenditures, or the dollar amount that coincides with the various levels of approvers.
The users who can manage EPVs is determined during process design in Lombardi Authoring Environment. When a process author creates an EPV, he uses the exposure setting to choose the users who can alter the EPV. If you are included in the exposure setting, you can manage EPVs.
To manage EPVs, follow these steps:
- In the Server Admin area of the Process Admin console, click the indicator next to Admin Tools to list the available options.
- Click the Manage EPVs option.
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Use the drop-down menu, select the process application snapshot that contains the EPV that you want to modify.
Each process application snapshot listed also includes the workspace name. Current working versions of process applications are listed as Tip, enabling you to test EPVs on the Process Center Server without creating a snapshot.
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Use the drop-down menu, select the EPV that you want to edit.
The Process Admin Console displays the variable values in the EPV that you can modify :
- Click the row of the variable that you want to change and then click the New button.
- In the Exposed Process Value pop-up window, enter a new value, set the date and time at which you want the new value to take effect, and click the OK button.
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Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each variable that you want to modify. You can enter multiple values for the same variable, each taking effect at a different time.
The Process Admin Console displays all modifications for each variable in a separate table :
- Click a row and then use the Edit and Delete buttons to change or remove your modifications, if necessary.
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