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Environment variables

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There is a list of $.env variables that - at any point in your workflow - can be used to access basic info about the workflow/solution environment. These are:

1$.env.execution_uuid
2$.env.execution_start_time
3$.env.user_id
4$.env.external_user_id
5$.env.execution_log_url
6$.env.workflow_uuid
7$.env.workflow_title
8$.env.solution_id
9$.env.solution_instance_id
10$.env.source_workflow_uuid

For example, if you have a step which produces the following error output:

You could use the following:

To format a message which would produce the following:

For a detailed guide to Tray Platform specific environment variables, you can refer to Environment jsonpaths (advanced).

You should set fallback values when using environment variables. For example, $.env.solution_instance_id is only available in the solution instance context and you will get errors while testing the master workflow as the jsonpath isn't available at the moment.