Define custom settings for a skin to override the default settings of the template at runtime.

1. Navigate to Workflow > Skins.
2. Click New.
   The Create new skin dialog box is displayed.
3. Enter a Name for the skin.
4. On the Template list, select the process on which to create the skin.
   The skin opens in a new tab. By default, the Info tab is open in the properties panel.
5. On the Category list, select the category in which to place the skin.
6. Specify the time frame (Valid from and Valid to) within which it can be invoked.
   Note

   • If you do not specify the time frame, the skin will remain active for the entire life cycle.
   • The skin must be active at runtime, otherwise TotalAgility cannot invoke the skin.
7. Define the skin rule to determine which skin should be used when a job is created on the base process.
   1. Right-click in the rule editor.
   2. Select the rule variables; use operators and provide values for variables. For example, VAR1=True.
   3. Click Validate.
      Note If two skins have the same rule, the skin whose rule is first met is applied.
8. By default, the skin takes the settings defined in the process template. You can override these settings and specify values unique to the skin. In the properties panel, click the Settings tab and change the settings as needed.

   Owner	If selected, allows you to select the required individual or group resource as the process owner.
   Expected cost	If selected, allows you to change the expected cost.
   Expected duration	If selected, allows you to change the expected duration.
   Service level agreement	If selected, allows you to change the SLA and specify the threshold.
   Triggers and alerts	If selected, allows you to specify the triggers and/or alerts specific to skin. To add a process trigger or alert, click . See Create a process trigger and Create an alert for more information.

9. You can override the value of a variable in a skin.
   1. On the skin modeling bar, click Variables.
   2. Click the required variable.

      The Edit variable dialog box is displayed.

   3. Select Override and make changes to the value, as needed.
      To override the Date and Nullable date variables, click fx for Value.

      By default, @Today macro appears in the Value box. Use @Today macro to get the current date or past/future date by adding or subtracting the number of days. For example, specify the variable value as @Today+5. When you create a job on a process that uses the @Today macro, the value of the variable is set to the current date, or current date + (plus) or - (minus) the number of days specified (if any).

   4. Click Update.
10. You can override the properties of the activities in a skin, inherited from a process template (see Activity properties.) The skin settings override the template settings, and take effect when the skin is used at runtime.
    1. Select the activity.
    2. In the properties panel of the activity, select the tab where the property needs to be updated.
    3. Select the check box for the property to override.

       Note You can also override thread pools for automatic activities within a skin.

11. To override any embedded process defined for the template, select the process which you want to override on the Info tab of the embedded activity.
12. Save the skin.

    A new version is created for the skin. All the skin versions are listed in the Skins list in the Designer, regardless of which template they use.

    Note When you export a template map, you can also export the skins created on that template. TotalAgility exports each skin as a separate XML file. Select the XML files for the template map and the skins to import.