What are Dynamic Document Properties primarily used for?

Dynamic Document Properties play a crucial role in managing specific values that are associated with a document during its processing in Boomi. These properties are utilized to hold values that are transient and relevant only for the duration of the document's lifecycle through the processing steps within a specific execution context. Once the document has completed its processing, these values typically are no longer needed and effectively 'expire,' as they are tied directly to that execution of the document.

By contrast, options that suggest storing values consistently across executions or persisting values throughout entire process runs refer to other types of data storage or properties that are meant for more permanent retention of information. Additionally, while keeping a history of document status is important, this is not the primary function of Dynamic Document Properties, which focus specifically on handling temporary or ephemeral data that may be useful at various points in the processing workflow but does not need to persist beyond that.