40.12 Global Placeholders

40.12.1 Overview

Global placeholders assign a fixed value to a placeholder that can be used in all profiles and tasks - e.g. a central filing root referenced in many profiles and changed in one place when needed. A global placeholder is referenced as <SimpleMapping{Name}> wherever placeholders are supported; in the placeholder menu, the entries appear under Lookup tables (see chapter 70.1).

Program options, Global placeholders page

40.12.2 Management

The page lists all global placeholders with Name and Value. New…, Edit… (or double-click), and Remove manage the entries; name and value are edited in a small dialog.

Note: The name must not contain the characters { } < > and must be unique - also with respect to the names of the lookup tables (see chapter 40.11), since both share the same placeholder namespace.

Related: Value mappings in table form (invoice value → result value) are handled by the lookup tables (see chapters 40.11 and 70.2).