Concepts → Variable
About variables
A variable stores data of a specific data type. A variable is mutable. However, certain types of variable in Incorta are immutable within the variable scope of a user session.
Incorta has built-in and user-defined variables.
Built-in system variables
Here are the type of system variables:
User-defined variables
A dashboard developer or schema developer creates a user-defined variables. User-defined variables have different scopes:
- Presentation variable
- Session variable
- Global variable
Presentation variable
For a dashboard, you can create a presentation variable. You can reference a presentation variable in another dashboard filter such as an applied filter. You can also reference a presentation variable in an insight filter such as an individual filter. To learn more, review the following:
Session variables
You can create three types of sessions variables:
Global variable
A global variable is available to all users in a given tenant. A global variable can behave as a constant. A global variable also can have a dynamic value. To learn more, review the following: