System Macros

Updated in 2024

Alloy Navigator provides a number of predefined system macros that serve as standard building blocks for email notifications, pop-up messages, workflow items, and user-defined macros. At runtime, the workflow engine replaces each macro with its actual value, making macros a powerful tool for dynamic, context-aware automation. For example, the Current User macro inserts the name of the current person into a notification, while the Initiator macro lets the business logic determine which application triggered the workflow. Unlike user-defined macros, system macros cannot be modified, deleted, or extended with new ones, because Alloy Navigator relies on them.

System macros are available in the System Macros and Job Settings categories of the Build Expression dialog. For a complete list of system macros with their full descriptions, see Settings Help: System Macros.

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