Allow runtime properties on the data source itself, not only on data source objects

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Hi!

Your feedback is much appreciated and will be taken into consideration. We are aware that App Variables can become a bit unmanageable in large applications. Below we suggest an approach that we have implemented in several solutions to alleviate this challenge:

  1. Make a new object class and call it, e.g., “Runtime Variables”, if you only have one app you can scope this object class to keep your data model tidy.

  2. Add the new object class as a Data Source and make it Cardinality: One, Runtime Only and Auto Create: true. Name the data source according to what kind of variables it should hold, e.g., based on a View: “Runtime Variables: Dashboard” or an object class: “Runtime Variables: Projects”
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  3. Add runtime properties to your newly created data source to store your variables.
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  4. Repeat step 2 and 3 when you need to store variables for other purposes, to keep your variables organized:
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