Learn about HCL Link services, projects, flows, maps and schemas.
Cache variables provide a means of processing information throughout a flow instance without requiring that the information to be passed through data links.
Cache variables can be specified at different locations.
The documentation provided here defiens the main artifacts in HCL Link. It is necessar to understand what these artifacts are and the relationship between them.
Service definitions define REST services and the endpoints of a service.
A project is a container for HCL Link artifacts.
A HCL Link flow is a transactional data flow comprised of processing nodes.
A HCL Link map defines how to generate data that complies to a specific schema. A map can have any number of inputs and outputs.
Schemas specify the format of data witin HCL Link maps and flows.
This documentation describes connections and actions.
Files are used in various places within HCL Link. HCL Link allows files to be uploaded to the HCL Linkserver.
Flow variables provide a means of passing information throughout a flow instance without requiring that the information to be passed through data links. flow variables are name-value pairs that persist, unless deleted.
Cache variables can be defined and manipulated through flow library, flowlib functions.
Cache nodes allow you to set cache variables using the Link UI settings dialog, in the Flow Designer canvas.
Cache variables are name value pairs that exist after the flow instance completes execution. Unlike flow variables, cache variables are shared, and are accessible to other flow instances that are running simultaneously. Cache variables work in the same fashion under both flow engine and non-flow engine contexts.