How to specify parameter values
The items available in the parameter value menu depend on the type of parameter and the process element in which the parameter is used. Click the 
button in the corresponding parameter field to open the parameter value menu (Fig. 95).
Fig. 95 Parameter value menu for the “Who performs the task?” field (the [Owner] parameter) of the [Perform task] element
The parameter value menu can contain:
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[Process parameter] – select another parameter whose value can be passed to the current parameter.
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[Lookup value] – open lookup window and select a lookup value to be used as the parameter value.
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[Current user contact] – system variable that returns the contact of the user who ran the process. Use this option to assign activities, contacts, accounts and other records to the user who runs the business process.
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[Current user account] – system variable that returns the account that is specified in the [Account] field of the contact of the user who ran the process. This is useful if the company has a complex organizational structure with multiple offices and subsidiaries.
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[Date and time] – contains options for specifying date and time as the parameter value, as well as options to specify current date (current date and time). Current date and time value will be generated automatically at the moment the process (for process parameters) or process element (for process element parameters) starts its execution.
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[Boolean value] – contains two values that boolean parameters can have: “True” or “False”. For example, a boolean parameter can be used to specify whether the [Lead management] process should be run after a new lead is created by the current business process.
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[System setting] – can be used to specify the value of a system setting as the parameter value. The data type of the system setting must match the type of the parameter.
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[Formula] – opens the parameter value window that can be used to implement specific parameter values using C#.
Next
•How to specify constant parameter values
•How to acquire parameter values from other process elements
•How to map a process parameter
