WiscIT - Variables and Stored Values

Variables and Stored Values are both strategies that WiscIT uses to remember information in One-Steps and Functions. However, there are major differences between the two, and have their own use-cases.

Variables

Variables are often used within one-steps to remember information that would only be accessible in a previous step. The steps that are able to create variables are the "Update a Variable or Stored Value" step and the "Show a Popup" step. Some notable features of one-steps are:

• Cannot be remembered between sessions
• Has a scope limited to the current one-step
• Does not have to be saved in a folder
• Cannot store things like images or colors

Stored Values

Stored Values are used to store information globally or between different operations. For example, a one-step could save information to the stored value, and then a different one-step could use this information to update a field.

Stored Values also allow information to be remembered across sessions, and allow for each user to have their own value. Some notable features include:

• Remembered between sessions
• May be user-specific
• Has a global scope
• Must be saved in a folder
• Can store things like images and colors