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Get Variable Instances

Queries for historic variable instances that fulfill the given parameters. The size of the result set can be retrieved by using the Get Variable Instance Count method.

Method

GET /history/variable-instance

Parameters

Query Parameters

Name	Description
variableName	Filter by variable name.
variableNameLike	Restrict to variables with a name like the parameter.
variableValue	Filter by variable value. Is treated as a `String` object on server side.
variableNamesIgnoreCase	Match the variable name provided in `variableName` and `variableNameLike` case-insensitively. If set to `true` variableName and variablename are treated as equal.
variableValuesIgnoreCase	Match the variable value provided in `variableValue` case-insensitively. If set to `true` variableValue and variablevalue are treated as equal.
variableTypeIn	Only include historic variable instances which belong to one of the passed and comma-separated variable types. A list of all supported variable types can be found here. Note: All non-primitive variables are associated with the type "serializable".
includeDeleted	Include variables that has already been deleted during the execution.
processInstanceId	Filter by the process instance the variable belongs to.
processInstanceIdIn	Only include historic variable instances which belong to one of the passed and comma-separated process instance ids.
processDefinitionId	Filter by the process definition the variable belongs to.
processDefinitionKey	Filter by a key of the process definition the variable belongs to.
executionIdIn	Only include historic variable instances which belong to one of the passed and comma-separated execution ids.
caseInstanceId	Filter by the case instance the variable belongs to.
caseExecutionIdIn	Only include historic variable instances which belong to one of the passed and comma-separated case execution ids.
caseActivityIdIn	Only include historic variable instances which belong to one of the passed and comma-separated case activity ids.
taskIdIn	Only include historic variable instances which belong to one of the passed and comma-separated task ids.
activityInstanceIdIn	Only include historic variable instances which belong to one of the passed and comma-separated activity instance ids.
tenantIdIn	Only include historic variable instances which belong to one of the passed and comma-separated tenant ids.
withoutTenantId	Only include historic variable instances that belong to no tenant. Value may only be `true`, as `false` is the default behavior.
sortBy	Sort the results by a given criterion. Valid values are `instanceId`, `variableName` and `tenantId`. Must be used in conjunction with the `sortOrder` parameter.
sortOrder	Sort the results in a given order. Values may be `asc` for ascending order or `desc` for descending order. Must be used in conjunction with the `sortBy` parameter.
firstResult	Pagination of results. Specifies the index of the first result to return.
maxResults	Pagination of results. Specifies the maximum number of results to return. Will return less results if there are no more results left.
deserializeValues	Determines whether serializable variable values (typically variables that store custom Java objects) should be deserialized on server side (default `true`). If set to `true`, a serializable variable will be deserialized on server side and transformed to JSON using Jackson's POJO/bean property introspection feature. Note that this requires the Java classes of the variable value to be on the REST API's classpath. If set to `false`, a serializable variable will be returned in its serialized format. For example, a variable that is serialized as XML will be returned as a JSON string containing XML. Note: While `true` is the default value for reasons of backward compatibility, we recommend setting this parameter to `false` when developing web applications that are independent of the Java process applications deployed to the engine.

Result

A JSON array of historic variable instance objects. Each historic activity instance object has the following properties:

Name	Value	Description
id	String	The id of the variable instance.
name	String	The name of the variable instance.
type	String	The value type of the variable.
value	String/Number/Boolean/Object	The variable's value. Value differs depending on the variable's type and on the `deserializeValues` parameter.
valueInfo	Object	A JSON object containing additional, value-type-dependent properties. For variables of type `Object`, the following properties are returned: `objectTypeName`: A string representation of the object's type name. `serializationDataFormat`: The serialization format used to store the variable.
processDefinitionKey	String	The key of the process definition the variable instance belongs to.
processDefinitionId	String	The id of the process definition the variable instance belongs to.
processInstanceId	String	The process instance id the variable instance belongs to.
executionId	String	The execution id the variable instance belongs to.
activityInstanceId	String	The id of the activity instance in which the variable is valid.
caseDefinitionKey	String	The key of the case definition the variable instance belongs to.
caseDefinitionId	String	The id of the case definition the variable instance belongs to.
caseInstanceId	String	The case instance id the variable instance belongs to.
caseExecutionId	String	The case execution id the variable instance belongs to.
taskId	String	The id of the task the variable instance belongs to.
tenantId	String	The id of the tenant that this variable instance belongs to.
errorMessage	String	An error message in case a Java Serialized Object could not be de-serialized.
state	String	The current state of the variable. Can be 'CREATED' or 'DELETED'.
createTime	String	The time the variable was inserted. Default format* `yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ`.
removalTime	String	The time after which the variable should be removed by the History Cleanup job. Default format* `yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ`.
rootProcessInstanceId	String	The process instance id of the root process instance that initiated the process containing this variable.

* For further information, please see the documentation.

Response Codes

Code	Media type	Description
200	application/json	Request successful.
400	application/json	Returned if some of the query parameters are invalid, for example if a `sortOrder` parameter is supplied, but no `sortBy`. See the Introduction for the error response format.

Example

Request

GET /history/variable-instance?variableName=my_variable

Response

[
  {
    "id": "someId",
    "name": "my_variable",
    "type": "String",
    "value": "my_value",
    "valueInfo": {},
    "processDefinitionKey": "aVariableInstanceProcDefKey",
    "processDefinitionId": "aVariableInstanceProcDefId",
    "processInstanceId": "aVariableInstanceProcInstId",
    "executionId": "aVariableInstanceExecutionId",
    "activityInstanceId": "aVariableInstanceActivityInstId",
    "caseDefinitionKey": null,
    "caseInstanceId": null,
    "caseExecutionId": null,
    "taskId": null,
    "tenantId": null,
    "errorMessage": null,
    "state": "CREATED",
    "createTime":"2017-02-10T14:33:19.000+0200",
    "removalTime": "2018-02-10T14:33:19.000+0200",
    "rootProcessInstanceId": "aRootProcessInstanceId"
  }
]

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