Viewing variable values in a content file

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.

Your need

You need to evaluate conditions and resolve variables directly in your publication's content file without publishing.

The possibility

It is possible to evaluate conditions and resolve variables directly in your publication's content file without publishing. However, this is not possible for included files.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to evaluate conditions and resolve variables directly in your publication's content file without publishing.

The result

This is file content before evaluating conditions and resolving variables in a publication's content file.

This is file content after evaluating conditions and resolving variables in a publication's content file.

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Overall steps

Select View > Variable values on the top toolbar, then open a publication's content file from the Publications aspect.

Time

Less than 1 minute

Procedure

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. On the top toolbar, select View > Variable values.

3. In the Publications aspect, select a publication's content file.

The content file opens, and any conditions are evaluated and variables resolved.

In order for variables to be resolved, they need to be defined in the publication's configuration file.

If a condition can be evaluated, it is highlighted with a background color:
- green - if the condition is true
- red - if the condition is false
If a variable can be resolved, the variable value is shown.

Conditions are not highlighted and variable values are not shown in included files, only in the content file directly connected to the publication.