The value of an environment variable does not change during the processing of a template. The value of an environment variable has the following notation method:
`$E{group:name}`
There are a limited number of environment variables you can use:
| Group | Variable | Meaning | Example |
| -------- | ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| system | date | Date of the work station, displayed in the regional settings (short date format). | 31-12-2013 |
| | time | Time of the work station, displayed in the regional settings (short time format) | 23:59 |
| | datetime | Date and time of the work station, displayed in the regional settings (short date and time format) | 31-12-2013 23:59 |
| | user | Login code of the user on the work station. | john_doe |
| | command line | Command line for the current Microsoft Word process. | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /vu ... |
| | currentdirectory | The current working directory. | c:\temp |
| | machinename | NetBIOS name of the workstation. | ws101 |
| | os | Windows platform version number. | Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 |
| | userdomain | Domain name of the logged in user. | IVE |
| | clrversion | Version number of the Microsoft. NET CLR. | v4.0.30319.18052 |
| | environment variable:NAME | The value of the Windows environment variable NAME. | 8 for NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS |
| document | name | Name of the document. | Document1.docx |
| | location | Location in the file system of the document, including the name of the document. | c:\temp\Document1.docx |
| | path | Path in the file system of the document, excluding the name of the document and final path separator. | c:\temp |
| database | user | Login code of the user on the database. | u373984 |
| | connection | Invantive Web Service connection used to retrieve data. | Invantive\Production |
| model | author | Author of the model. | Job Veenstra |
| | code | Code of the model. | TLR463 |
| | comment | Comments noted in the model. | Write annual holidays overview. |
| | company | Name of the company. | Invantive Software B.V. |
| | copyright | Copyright of the model. | (C) 2013 Invantive Software B.V. |
| | datelastopened | Time when the model was last opened. | 10/28/2013 2:09:33 PM |
| | datelastupdated | Time when the model was last updated. | 10/28/2013 2:09:33 PM |
| | description | Description. | Dit composes the annual holidays overview. |
| | name | Name of the model. | Invantive Holidays Overview |
| | version | Version number. | 1 |
| | lastopenedby | Logon code of the user whom opened the model last. | IVE\job |
| | lastopenedon | Workstation of the user whom last opened the model. | WS48.IVE.LOCAL |
| | lastupdatedby | Logon code of the user whom updated the model last. | IVE\job |
| | lastupdatedon | Workstation of the user whom last updated the model. | WS48.IVE.LOCAL |
| | xpath:/PAD | Search the repository according to the XPath expression for a value. | N.a. |
| document | appname | Application Name. | Microsoft Office Word |
| | author | Author. | Job Veenstra |
| | bytecount | Number of bytes. | 27575 |
| | category | Category. | Legal |
| | charactercount | Number of characters. | 7516 |
| | charactercountwithspaces | Number of characters including spaces. | 7888 |
| | comments | Comment. | No comments |
| | company | Name of the company. | Invantive Software B.V. |
| | keywords | Keywords. | Legal Notice Liability |
| | lastauthor | Last author. | Job Veenstra |
| | linecount | Number of lines. | 254 |
| | manager | Manager | Guido Leenders |
| | notes | Notes. | |
| | pagecount | Number of pages. | 5 |
| | paragraphcount | Number of paragraphs. | 179 |
| | revision | Revision. | 48 |
| | security | Beveiligingsinstelling. | 4 |
| | subject | Subject. | Subject |
| | template | Template. | 2F9C76A1.dotm |
| | timecreated | Time at which the document was created. | 10/25/2013 1:14:00 PM |
| | timelastprinted | Time at which the document was last printed. | 10/25/2013 1:14:00 PM |
| | timelastsaved | Time at which the document was last saved. | 10/25/2013 1:14:00 PM |
| | title | Title. | Title |
| | vbatotaledit | Number of operations on its VBA project. | 0 |
| | words | | 549 |
| | document:property:NAME | Property of the document. | 2 for INV_COMP_VERSION |