isset Element

Define and set a user-defined variable.

Syntax

<isset
  name="var_name"
  value="${var_value}"
  scope="session"
/>

name

Required

Allowed data type: expression or string.

var_name specifies the name of a user-defined variable. The rules for naming user-defined variables are:

• The identifier must start with a letter (a-z, A-Z).
• Any following character can be a letter, number, or underscore.
• User-defined variables are case-sensitive.

value

Required

var_value specifies a value to be stored in the variable. It can be any value.

scope

Required

• session variables are available across multiple requests within a session.
• request variables are available for the current internal Salesforce B2C Commerce request. The request variable isn't available for multiple requests, so it isn't available after an interaction continue node.
• page variables are available for the current ISML page.

The default scope is the session.

The pdict variable is deprecated. Instead, use the scope="request" variable. The pdict variable isn't available for multiple requests, so it isn't available after an interaction continue node.

Purpose

In B2C Commerce, every user-defined variable is of a specific scope, which defines the visibility and lifetime of the variable. B2C Commerce distinguishes between user-defined variables of the request, pdict, session and page scope.

Scope session means that the variable is accessible to all templates during a particular storefront session. The lifetime of a session variable ends with a session. A session variable can be used in expressions.

The first occurrence of <isset> in a template declares and sets the variable, there is no other special tag needed for declaration. If the variable already exists, <isset> resets it to the specified value.

Note If no scope is set when setting the variable, the scope is set to session.

Examples: Using Isset to Create a Custom Variable

Example 1

This example shows how <isset> is used to define and initialize the variable color. The value of color is the string #A0CC99.

<isset name="color" value="${'#A0CC99'}">

Example 2

If a variable was already defined by a former <isset> tag (first line), a second <isset> resets the value of the variable (second line).

<isset name="counter" value="${0}" >
<isset name="counter" value="${counter + 1}">

Example 3

In this example <isloop> is used to get products from the Pipeline Dictionary.

<isloop iterator="${pdict.ProductPagingModel.pageElements}" alias="LoopProduct" begin="0" end="2">

Example 4

This example shows how <isset> assigns the value of LoopProduct to Product.

<isset name="Product" value="${LoopProduct}" scope="request">

You can also manipulate a value, as shown here:

<isset name="brandsPerCol" value="${Math.floor(numOfBrands/4) + 1}" scope="page">

You can print the value with <isprint>.

See isremove.

Examples: Accessing Custom Variables

Example 1: Accessing the Page Scope

In this example, isset sets the decorator template to pt_empty if the pdict format attribute is set to ajax and to the pt_account template if it's not. The DecoratorTemplate variable that is set is accessed by ${DecoratorTemplate}.

<isset name="DecoratorTemplate" value="account/pt_account" scope="page"/>
<isif condition="${pdict.CurrentHttpParameterMap.format.stringValue == 'ajax' || pdict.CurrentHttpParameterMap.pwr.stringValue == 'true' || pdict.CurrentHttpParameterMap.source.stringValue == 'search' || pdict.CurrentHttpParameterMap.source.stringValue == 'quickview' || pdict.CurrentHttpParameterMap.source.stringValue == 'cart'}">
  <isset name="DecoratorTemplate" value="util/pt_empty" scope="page"/>
</isif>

<isdecorate template="${DecoratorTemplate}">