Property types

Five different types of properties are supported in Activiti:

• string

• long

• date

• enum

• boolean

String Text-field used to store any alphanumeric value

Long Text-field used to store any numeric (integer or decimal) value

Date Text-field used to store a date/date+time value In case the date must be formatted with a specific format (e.g. day-month-year rather than month-year-day), a utility method can be used to format it: utils.formatDate(…) This is helpful for instance when a date must be included the body of an email message or in the "documentation" property of a task.

Example

${utils.formatDate(DATE_VARIABLE)}

or

${utils.formatDate(DATE_VARIABLE,’dd-MM-yyyy’)}

Enum An enumeration is a static list of values, feasible to feed a combo-box. The grid available in the bottom part of the property definition dialog can be used to set this list of values. Both ID and NAME are required.

Boolean A Check-box field used to set a "true" or "false" value when selecting/deselecting it.