What are variables?

Workspace variables

Workspace variables in ACE are simple name and value pairs. They are accessible throughout the current branch of the workspace.

Advanced

Workspace variables get overriden by environment variables that have the same name.

When to use variables?

Variables should be used for any value that requires to be frequently swapped.

If multiple flows use a network step to target an endpoint which needs to swap between a development and production version variables can come in handy. An example of this exact case is covered in the next article.

Creating variables

Variables can be added or modified via the Variables page.

Variables page