Dynamic Set Variable

Question

I am having a peculiar issue with the Set function. See the following code.
In a workflow I'm performing this code and yet it seems as though the user object is not actually ever modified.
<set name='resourcename'>
<s>server1</s>
</set>
<set name='attributename'>
<s>firstname</s>
</set>
<set name='fqname'>
<concat>
<s>user.accounts[</s>
<ref>resourcename</ref>
<s>].</s>
<ref>attributename</ref>
</concat>
</set>
<set>
<ref>fqname</ref>
<s>testvalue</s>
</set>
When I trace <ref>user.accounts[server1].firstname</ref> it returns testvalue correctly but when I check in the view it never updates the resource and does not show in the WFTrace. I'm thinking somehow that this user object is never truly updated. Anyone know of a better way to do this dynamically generated variable name?

Answer 1

When you check out the view are you assigning a Form?
The firstname attribute appears in the default user form and will be mapped from the global namespace. This can cause unexpected issues.
While you may not be directly using the form, if one is not assigned... it will use the default.
Create a completely empty form called myEmptyForm and add the variable Form to the checkout view with the value myEmptyForm.
David