# Portal: Multi-process view: Display common process data

**URL:** <https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/portal-multi-process-view-display-common-process-data/441>\
**Category:** Workflow Portal\
**Created:** [February 20, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/portal-multi-process-view-display-common-process-data/441 "2014-02-20T20:58:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![wfg-admin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discuss.workflowgen.com/wfg-admin/32/714_2.png) [@wfg-admin](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/wfg-admin)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/portal-multi-process-view-display-common-process-data/441/1 "2014-02-20T20:58:26Z")

</div>

This feature is available since version 5.6.4.

## Overview

The User Portal **common process data** feature allows you to display process data in multi-process view.

This feature provides a simple solution to display process data of the same name and datatype that are used in several processes.

For example, if you have a process data called `CUSTOMER (TEXT)` that’s used in most of your processes, you can define this data as a User Portal common process data. The `CUSTOMER (TEXT)` process data will be displayed in all the Portal lists, search forms and quick search when the Portal is in multi-process view.

## Configuration

Common process data are defined in the Administration Module Configuration Panel. In the **Common process data name list** field, enter a list of comma-separated data names.

**Example:** `CUSTOMER, COUNTRY, AMOUNT`

For the process data settings (description, format, column width, search, etc.), the User Portal will use the most recent version of the process data (sharing the same name and datatype) defined in all the processes that use it.

The display order of the columns in User Portal lists will be the same order as the data defined in the **Common process data name list** field in the Configuration Panel.

For the quick search, only TEXT and NUMERIC process data are supported. TEXT process data will use the `contains` operator and NUMERIC process data will use the `equal` operator.

Common process data are only used in multi-process view. In single-process view, the process data settings of the selected process are applied.

## Security

Data defined as User Portal common process data are displayed to all users. Security restrictions defined on the process data are not applied in this case.

## Performance

You have to limit the number of common process data, because having too many could impact performance by adding SQL queries.