Camunda data storage

[aravindhrs]

@Minisha_M, Data which are required for process execution can be stored in camunda data store. Other than that you can store in the other datasource of business application.

Form fields captured in user task forms are stored in camunda database, you can’t mark it as transient and related ticket can be found here, Transient Variable Availability.

@Minisha_M

For instance: In the below process, as part of registration, I want to capture (name, address, state, country, etc) then these data should be embedded somehow in camunda registration task itself? (or) a separate table to store the data?

For each active task instances, the variables are stored in ACT_RU_VARIABLE table, and the variables of completed task instances are stored in ACT_HI_VARINST table.

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Persisting Data and Report Framework

Hi @Ajr In general “process variables” should be used to store data for transition conditions “affect the path of the process” (example: Boolean process variable named “approved”), and identifiers for business data stored in an external database (example: String process variable named “orderId” which has the value of the unique identifier of business order object/record) Form Loading Phase: Using the unique identifier value (which is stored in a process variable named “orderId”), business dat…