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Overall, it makes sense to use unique names for any user defined variable to avoid confusion.

• Project, Environment/Instance, Instance Properties
  • Scope is entire workflow execution.
  • Ideally you should not modify these properties during workflow execution, but it can be modified to influence execution if necessary.
• FlexFields
  
  • Scope of FlexField value is through Workflow Execution is entire workflow execution, which may be build/deploy/utility.
  • Note that build request FlexFields are associated with Project Version created by build, hence those values are available during deploy execution as well for project version.
  Workflow
  • Do not modify during course of workflow execution.
• Workflow Inputs
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  • Scope is entire workflow execution.
  • Do not modify during course of workflow execution.
• Workflow Variables
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• • Scope is entire workflow execution.
  • You can modify value for variables during workflow execution and use it to pass various values to plugin inputs or capture plugin outputs.
• Plugin Inputs
  • Scope is specific plugin execution for endpoint.
• User defined Plugin Inputs and Outputs
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• • Scope is specific plugin execution for endpoint.
• Use unique names for Workflow Inputs, Variables and any user defined Plugin Input or Outputs to avoid any confusion
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• Project, Environment/Instance, Instance PropertiesEntire workflow execution. Ideally you do not want to modify these properties during workflow execution, but it can be modified to influence execution if necessary.

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