B.1 Using inherited information and profile items
Inherited information, including the execution results of actions and the information items detected by event monitors, can be referenced from subsequent actions in the same job by using variables. Additionally, the profile items, which are set on CPA by using the cpasetprof command, also can be referenced as variables.
The formats of variables to reference inherited information are as follows:
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To inherit information from an event monitor that is contained in the execution condition of a job executed on event:
${JDS:@Event.unit-name-used-in-execution-conditions.method-name}
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To inherit information from an event monitor or action that is contained in an action flow:
${JDS:unit-name.method-name}
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To inherit a profile item that is set by using the cpasetprof command:
${PRF:profile-key}
Referencing these information items is useful when you want to run the same job on different PCs without changing the definitions manually.
For example, you configure the profile to include PC-specific and PC-user specific information such as email addresses. A job can reference the profile item as a variable in order to send a job completion notification to a different destination. Note that an action will end abnormally unless referenced profile items are set properly at its run time.
For details on the unit-name-used-in-execution-conditions and method-name to be specified to inherit information from an event monitor, see 5.5.2 Inherited information.
For details on the unit-name and method-name to be specified to inherit information from an action, see 5.4.2(1) Inherited information.