Automator provides a set of variables out of the box that are used either globally or in the context of certain actions.

You can find out more about the purpose and value of these variables by hovering over one in an automation’s settings or viewing additional action information.

• index

• this

• result

• automationName

• fileName

• currentPageName

• parent

• date

• time

• item

• currentUser

• activeUsers

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What are variables?

Use variables with actions to level up your automations. Some actions come with their own variables that you can reference on itself and its nested actions. For example, the “For each” action exposes two variables: item: the current item in the loop…

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5 months ago · Jordan Singer