Use the Assign Activity

Note: Use caution when building or editing a workflow. For further advice or to arrange training, contact your professional services consultant.

The Assign activity can be used to assign a value to a variable.

The Assign activity is located in the Runtime section of the Microsoft Toolbox.

Note: The minimum requirements for the Assign activity are To and Value.

The Assign activity consists of the following properties.

Section This field Holds this information...
Misc DisplayName

The title of the activity.

Note: The DisplayName property is set to Assign by default.
To The property the value is assigned to.
Value The code used to set or return a value within the workflow. Expressions must be entered in the Visual Basic (VB) format.

Assign activity properties

Clicking the ellipsis button adjacent to the relevant field opens the Expression Editor, where you can enter the relevant code in the Visual Basic (VB) format.

The following example describes using the Assign activity to select values when a parameter is met:

  1. Click the Microsoft Toolbox tab in the Activity section of Workflow Builder.

    Select Assign activity

Drag and drop the Assign activity into the desired location in the Sequence panel.

Add Assign activity to Sequence

  1. Click the ellipsis button adjacent to the relevant field.

    Assign activity properties

    The Expression Editor is displayed.

    Expression Editor

  2. Enter the relevant code in Visual Basic (VB) format.

    Expression Editor Visual Basic example

  3. Click OK.

    Note: An exclamation mark symbol indicates a warning. Refer to Use the Warnings Panel for further information.

  4. Click Save.

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