Should we store business related data as process variables?

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jainita

Is it recommended to keep business data as process variables? 

Or we should have only activiti workflow related data in as process variables?

How do we pass business variables throughout the flow if they are not supposed to be stored as process variables?

rallegre

Hi,

You can use process variables for routing the flow but for business data, we suggest external data stores optimized for your application to minimize the burden on the process engine.

To manage read/write operations of business data, you need to use service tasks and implement the logic to integrate with those external systems.