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Predefined Element Variables Reference

To add a predefined variable to the element in the Element Source editor, place the cursor where the variable will be, then click on the variable in the left hand sidebar to have it inserted. In the Custom JSON Element you must type the variable directly into the editor. The syntax for each variable appears in the table below.

Variable

Type: Definition

Syntax

CONTEXT

Company ID

Number: Return the company ID of the current instance

${context.company_id}

Is Staging Group

Boolean: Return whether the current site is staged

${context.is_staging_group}

Language

Text: Return the 2-letter code for the current language (e.g., en)

${context.language}

Language ID

Text: Return the 4-letter language code (e.g., en_US) of the current language

${context.language_id}

Layout Name Localized

Text: Return the localized name of the page

${context.layout-name-localized}

Page Layout ID

Number: Return the ID of the page

${context.plid}

Publication ID

Number: Return the publication ID

${context.publication_id}

Scope Group ID

Return the current site’s ID

${context.scope_group_id}

TIME

Current Date

Date: Return the current date

${time.current_date}

Current Day of Month

Number: Return the day of the month

${time.current_day_of_month}

Current Day of Week

Number: Return the day of the week (1 = Monday)

${time.current_day_of_week}

Current Day of Year

Number: Return the day of the year

${time.current_day_of_year}

Current Hour

Number: Return the current hour

${time.current_hour}

Current Year

Number: Return the current year

${time.current_year}

Time of Day

Time: Return the time

${time.time_of_day}

Time Zone Name Localized

Text: Return the time zone, localized for the locale

${time.time_zone_name_localized}

USER

Active Segment Entry IDs

Number: Return the user’s segment IDs

${user.active_segment_entry_ids}

Age

Number: Return the user’s age in number of years

${user.age}

7.4 U41+ Asset Category Ids

Number: Return the IDs of the user’s categories

${user.asset_category_ids}

7.4 U41+ Asset Tag Names

Text: Return the user’s tags

${user.asset_tag_names}

Birthday

Date: Return the user’s birth date

${user.birthday}

Create Date

Date: Return the date when the user account was created in Liferay

${user.create_date}

Current Site Role IDs

Number: Return the user’s site role IDs

${user.current_site_role_ids}

Email Domain

Text: Return the user’s email domain

${user.email_domain}

First Name

Text: Return the user’s first name

${user.first_name}

Full Name

Text: Return the user’s full name

${user.full_name}

Group IDs

Number: Return the IDs of sites the user is a member of

${user.group_ids}

User ID

Number: Return the user’s ID

${user.id}

Is Female

Boolean: Return true if the user is female

${user.is_female}

Is Gender X

Boolean: Return true if the user is gender X

${user.is_gender_x}

Is Male

Boolean: Return true if the user is male

${user.is_male}

Is Omniadmin

Boolean: Return true if the user is the Omni Admin user (the default user of the default instance)

${user.is_omniadmin}

Is Signed In

Boolean: Return true if the user is signed in

${user.is_signed_in}

Job Title

Text: Return the user’s job title

${user.job_title}

Language ID

Text: Return the user’s language code (e.g., en_US)

${user.language_id}

Last Name

Text: Return the user’s last name

${user.last_name}

7.4 U41+ Parent Asset Category Ids

Number: Return the IDs of all the parent categories of the user’s categories

${user.parent_asset_category_ids}

Regular Role IDs

Number: Return the role IDs for the user’s regular roles

${user.regular_role_ids}

User group IDs

Number: Return the IDs of the user groups that the user is part of

${user.user_group_ids}

CONDITIONAL ELEMENTS*

IP Stack City

Text: Return the city where the searching IP address originates

${ipstack.city}

IP Stack Continent Code

Text: Return the continent code (e.g., NA for North America) where the searching IP address originates

${ipstack.continent_code}

IP Stack Continent Name

Text: Return the continent name

${ipstack.continent_name}

IP Stack Country Code

Text: Return the country code (e.g., US for United States)

${ipstack.country_code}

IP Stack Country Name

Text: Return the country name

${ipstack.country_name}

IP Stack Latitude

Number: Return the latitude in decimal degrees

${ipstack.latitude}

IP Stack Longitude

Number: Return the longitude in decimal degrees

${ipstack.longitude}

IP Stack Region Code

Text: Return the region code (e.g., CA for California)

${ipstack.region_code}

IP Stack Region Name

Text: Return the region name

${ipstack.region_name}

IP Stack Zip Code

Number: Return the zip code

${ipstack.zip}

Open Weather Map Temperature

Number: Return the temperature

${openweathermap.temp}

Open Weather Map Weather Description

Text: Return a description of the weather (e.g., “clear sky”)

${openweathermap.weather_description}

Open Weather Map Weather ID

Number: Return the ID corresponding to the weather description

${openweathermap.weather_id}

Open Weather Map Main Label

Text: Return the primary identifier for the weather (e.g., Rain; this is the Main field in OpenWeatherMap’s API response, according to the weather ID

${openweathermap.weather_main}

Open Weather Map Wind Speed

Number: Return the wind speed in km/h

${openweathermap.wind_speed}

User Custom Fields **

Return the value of a user custom field

user.custom.field.[name]

* Activate Liferay Commerce to access the Commerce-specific variables.

* Access ipstack and OpenWeatherMap variables by first enabling each service. Visit System or Instance Settings → Platform → Search Experiences. Click the Enabled checkbox and save the configuration for the service you’re configuring. Note that the OpenWeatherMap service depends on the ipstack service being enabled. See Personalizing the Search Experience for an example using the ipstack service.

** In addition to these out-of-the-box variables, Custom Fields on the user entity can also be referenced as variables in the element. For example, a user custom field with the name Employee is referenced in an element with user.custom.field.employee.

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