Maintain state across events about json-data-generator

[andrewserff]

Request from Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrPerson_BusInt/status/875339735182344194

[mrperson2015]

Could it be done with variables?
Idea:

• Setup a variable in the Workflow Definition populate from the builtin functions or static
• Reference that variable globally
• Option to regenerate on each Workflow Repeat or generate once per instance.

Unfortunately I am no developer so I dont know the level of effort.

[mrperson2015]

There is a work around to mimic this functionality. However it has its own set of draw backs. If you place all your original configs inside a parent config as a list. You can reference the generated values that you need to share across events, as it is w/in the same event. This method has many draw backs and hinders the usefulness of this project.

You could use the log provider and then create another app that reads the file skips the parent and submits the nested events to kafka or something else.