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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Process variable, activity class parameter, input nodes, output nodes</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/process/23697/process-variable-activity-class-parameter-input-nodes-output-nodes</link><description>Hi All, 
 i know that PV is used to carry through out the process and AC within the node. 
 But, i can&amp;#39;t understand which are PV. is it only the rule inputs in interface can be PV or how it is used practically. 
 and on what purpose we configure input</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Process variable, activity class parameter, input nodes, output nodes</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/91012?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:09:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:afe46afc-bd47-469e-b530-8a6b13b12571</guid><dc:creator>Stewart Burchell</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Think of a pv! as a &amp;quot;global variable&amp;quot; available across a process model. It can be used to pass values to/from individual smart services and therefore carry values between smart services. You can also use it as an input value to the process model itself (if set as a &amp;#39;parameter&amp;#39;).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Activity Class variables (ac!) are essentially &amp;quot;private&amp;quot; to individual smart services, and you can pass these values to the smart service&amp;nbsp;implementation&amp;nbsp; e.g. if a User Input Task then the ac! is the value that is made available to a User Interface via the rule input. You can set the value of an ac! from a pv! and you can save the value of an ac! to a pv!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Process variable, activity class parameter, input nodes, output nodes</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/90987?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2022 13:47:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:27b7f971-45c2-46dc-82ae-1c17bcc38c29</guid><dc:creator>GopalK</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi &lt;a href="/members/shayidhabeeb0001"&gt;shayidha bee&lt;/a&gt; , Please go through below link , you will get more clarification&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.4/Working_with_Data_in_Process.html"&gt;https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.4/Working_with_Data_in_Process.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>