Use the GetConfigurationSetting Activity

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The GetConfigurationSetting activity can be used to retrieve configuration settings from a database table.

The GetConfigurationSetting activity is located on the General section of the Tribal Toolbox.

This activity consists of four properties:

Section This field Holds this information...
Inputs ConfigurationKey The InArgument (string) used to pass data into the activity.
Misc DisplayName

The title of the activity.

Note: The DisplayName property is set to GetConfigurationSettinge by default.

Outputs ConfigurationValue The OutArgument (string) used to pass data out of the activity.
ConfigurationValueAsInt The OutArgument <Int32> used to pass numeric data out of the activity.

GetConfigurationSetting 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.

Note: A Send EmailActivity can be included as the subsequent activity in a sequence to distribute configuration information.

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