Expression Variable Reference

Expression Variable Reference

There are a number of predefined variables in the expression language. The following list all of the available variables:

• LOGIN - the login of the current user

• LOGIN_ID - the login id of the current user

• LOGINS_IN_GROUP - the group of logins belonging to the group the current user is in

• PROJECT - code of the current project

• PROJECT_URL - the URL to the project’s home page (ex: http://10.0.0.65/tactic/media)

• BASE_URL - The base URL of the TACTIC installaiton (ex: http://10.0.0.65/)

Table 1.

Variable	Description	Usage
NOW	Current day and time	[multiblock cell omitted]
TODAY	Current day at midnight (12:00 am)	[multiblock cell omitted]
THIS_MINUTE	[multiblock cell omitted]	[multiblock cell omitted]
NEXT_MINUTE	Now + 1 minute	[multiblock cell omitted]
PREV_MINUTE	Now + 1 minute	[multiblock cell omitted]
THIS_HOUR	This hour at 0 minutes	[multiblock cell omitted]
NEXT_HOUR	THIS_HOUR + 1 hour	[multiblock cell omitted]
PREV_HOUR	THIS_HOUR - 1 hour	[multiblock cell omitted]
NEXT_DAY	Today + 1 day	[multiblock cell omitted]
THIS_YEAR	The first day of this year at midnight (12:00am)	[multiblock cell omitted]
NEXT_YEAR	THIS_YEAR + 1 year	[multiblock cell omitted]
PREV_YEAR	THIS_YEAR - year	[multiblock cell omitted]
THIS_MONTH	the first day of this month at midnight (12:00am)	[multiblock cell omitted]
NEXT_MONTH	THIS_MONTH + 1 month	[multiblock cell omitted]
PREV_MONTH	THIS_MONTH - 1 month	[multiblock cell omitted]
NEXT_***DAY	Replace * with a particular day of the week	NEXT_MONDAY: the next day that is a Monday at midnight
PREV_***DAY	Replace * with a particular day of the week	PREV_SATURDAY: the last day that was a Saturday at midnight
**_DAY_AGO	Replace ** with any number between 1 and 12	10_DAY_AGO: today - 10 days
**_DAY_AHEAD	Replace ** with any number between 1 and 12	5_DAY_AHEAD: today + 5 days
**_WEEK_AGO	Replace ** with any number between 1 and 12	same usage as **_DAY_AGO
**_WEEK_AHEAD	Replace ** with any number between 1 and 12	same usage as **_DAY_AHEAD
**_MONTH_AGO	Replace ** with any number between 1 and 12	same usage as **_DAY_AGO
**_MONTH_AHEAD	Replace ** with any number between 1 and 12	same usage as **_DAY_AHEAD
**_YEAR_AGO	Replace ** with any number between 1 and 12	same usage as **_DAY_AGO
**_YEAR_AHEAD	Replace ** with any number between 1 and 12	same usage as **_DAY_AHEAD

These variables can be used for to refer to state information in searches. This expression will retrieve all the login information for the current user.

@GET(sthpw/login['login',$LOGIN])

They can also be used to find items between certain dates. This expression will retrieve all snapshots for this week starting at Sunday.

@GET(sthpw/snapshot['timestamp','>',$LAST_SUNDAY]['timestamp','<',$NEXT_SUNDAY])

The following are shorthands that do not require a starting point or environment sobject. They can be used in an absolute expression:

• login - the currently logged in user login attribute

• project - the current project

• date - a date object with today’s date

• palette - a palette object used for accessing different attributes of the palette for the current project. e.g. @GET(palette.background) can be used in the css for a Custom Layout Widget

The following are shorthands that require a starting point or environment sobject:

• parent - the parent of the current related sobject @GET(parent.code)

• search_type - the sType sobject. e.g. @GET(.search_type.title)

• connect - the connected sobject registered in the connection sType. Refer to the API methods like connect_sobjects() and get_connected_sobjects()

  To filter down to a particular connected sobject based on the context attribute, which defaults to 'task', use @CONTEXT.

  e.g. @GET(prod/asset.connect['@CONTEXT','some_task'].description)

The following variables are only used in Naming. Refer to the file naming section for details.

• EXT - file extension

• BASEFILE - the filename portion of the file without the extension