Variable (Data) Types - Overview

Each variable has a data type that defines what kind of information it can hold. For example, an integer variable can only hold whole numbers (integers), a boolean variable can only hold the values True and False, and a mailbox variable can only hold e-mail addresses. If you try to put a data of one type into a variable of a different type, IPA will flag it as an error.

IPA Designer lets you create variables with these native data types:

• Boolean

• Currency

• Date

• Date Time

• Decimal

• Duration

• Integer

• Mailbox

• Skill

• String

• Time

• URI

• User

• Workgroup