Importing Parameters from an XML File

You can import a specified XML file that defines the parameters you want to create. You may find this useful if you have a large number of parameters to define. You should use the Value element to define parameter expressions; Process Composer for Dashboard ignores the Result element when you import a parameter file.

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About the Parameter File
  1. Select the simulation process or a simulation activity, and click Parameters from the context toolbar that appears.
    Process Composer for Dashboard displays the Parameters page.
  2. From the Parameters page toolbar, select .
  3. Select the XML file to import.
  4. If a parameter with the same name already exists, you can choose to replace it with the parameter in the XML file or retain the original parameter.
  5. Click OK.

    Process Composer for Dashboard displays the parameters in the simulation process or simulation activity.

    If there is an error in the parameter file, such as invalid XML, the file will not be imported from the working directory. To allow you to determine the problem with the parameter file, Process Composer for Dashboard does not clean up the working directory if the import fails. Similarly, the parameter file will not be imported from the working directory if it contains an expression in the result element. Error messages describing the illegal expression are written to the execution log.