Name, Title and Alias

When you create an object, you give it a name and, optionally, a title. In some situations, you can also assign it an alias. Name, titles, and aliases have different functions.

The task boxes in Workflows contain two rows to display the name, title and alias. Administrator users define which of these attributes should be displayed in which order in the AWI configuration.properties.

Name

When you create an object, you must give it a name. When you insert it in a Workflow, its name is displayed at the top of the task box unless your administrator has defined it otherwise. 

Changing the Title of objects is easy. However, modifying its Name has a bigger impact. The object can be linked to other objects, in which case its name is used to create the link between them. Although the Rename function lets you change the object name automatically, it is advisable to define and follow consistent naming conventions in the first place.

For more information, see Using Consistent Naming Conventions for your Objects and Renaming Objects/Folders.

Title

Optionally, you can assign a title to the object, either when creating it or afterward on its General Page. The title should be descriptive to help you identify the purpose of the object.

Alias

You can assign an alias to a task in the following situations:

When you assign an alias to a task, the alias replaces the name everywhere, also in the Name column in all Executions lists, in the Tasks list in the (Undefined variable: UIElements.ProcessMonitoring) perspective and in the search result list in the Advanced Object Search .

You can use static aliases that you type or you can apply variables and thus build dynamic aliases.

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