This step is automatic and instant. It simply states a value, so that a later step can read it.
It appears in the Add Step list as Set Field Value.
| Automatic? | Yes - it runs and finishes instantly |
| Who does it | Nobody |
| Needs first | Nothing |
| Produces | Whatever value the author configured on it |
| Where you work it | Nothing to open |
What it does
Every other producing step derives what it publishes from work somebody did - a receipt publishes what was received, a repair publishes what it fitted. This one just states a value outright.
It is the point-in-the-sequence counterpart of pinning a value on the WorkFlow. Pin it on the WorkFlow when the value belongs to the whole run. Use one of these when it belongs at a moment in the run: after a decision has been made, and before the step that needs it.
Completing it
- It publishes and completes in the same instant. There is nothing to work.
When not to use it
- The value is the same for the whole run - pin it on the WorkFlow instead. That is one less row on every run.
- You want somebody to choose the value - this states a fixed one. Ask for it at release, or use an Instruction or Approval to get a human decision.
- You are trying to pass one step's result to another - you do not need this. Steps already hand values to each other through fields.